Is This a Watermelon Gourd?
Hi there Lazyweb,
Anyone know what this is? It is growing like crazy in our garden - and up our fence. Unfortunately, I don't know what it is. How is that, you ask? Well....this thing sprung up from our compost.
All of my research on the web says that it isn't a pure watermelon - they sprout in much rounder shapes. We have a few different types of gords growing (jack be littles and such), but they're all identifiable. I remember what we had last year at Halloween time and remember throwing them all in the compost bin. But....we didn't have anything like this.
Could we have created a super-beast? A hybrid gourd out of our own compost? I know that there are watermelon-colored gourds (see here) and that there are gourds that have half orange - half green. This one is all green. And...shaped like an eggplant!
The vine has about 8 of them growing, so perhaps I'll cut one open and see if the fruit is red?
Anyone know what this is? It is growing like crazy in our garden - and up our fence. Unfortunately, I don't know what it is. How is that, you ask? Well....this thing sprung up from our compost.
All of my research on the web says that it isn't a pure watermelon - they sprout in much rounder shapes. We have a few different types of gords growing (jack be littles and such), but they're all identifiable. I remember what we had last year at Halloween time and remember throwing them all in the compost bin. But....we didn't have anything like this.
Could we have created a super-beast? A hybrid gourd out of our own compost? I know that there are watermelon-colored gourds (see here) and that there are gourds that have half orange - half green. This one is all green. And...shaped like an eggplant!
The vine has about 8 of them growing, so perhaps I'll cut one open and see if the fruit is red?
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