My mystery squash have bloomed! I had saved some seeds last year which I think where from a pumpkin but I am not sure. Planted them in a pot just to see what would happen and they grew! They don't seem to be making runners which I thought was common for pumpkins.
I thinned them twice already since I wasn't sure if they would grow (I just tossed some seeds in) and I still have five plants. Now the wait begins!
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JenBeberstein
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June 16, 2018
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Fingers crossed!
Oh, the anticipation what will come from them!
HeathenFarmer
Level 8
June 16, 2018
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Hopefully something!
It will be interesting to see if you get something edible from them. It's fun having mystery seeds. I picked up a seed head from the ground at a big display garden and grew them and they turned out to be a very pretty canna brasiliensis.
CeliaVL
Level 7
June 16, 2018
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It is fun! We will have to see what comes out if any thing 
Courgettes?
Ellatynemouth
Level 8
June 16, 2018
3
I don't think so but anything is possible!
Pumpkins can hybridize with summer squash and gourds, probably not a pure pumpkin since as you've observed the different foliage. I had one that tasted pretty good. I have lots of volunteers in my yard and encourage them, plants spring up where they grow the best, don't argue with mother nature.
Buttercup
Level 7
June 16, 2018
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True. Just have to wait...
That looks good. you might have too many plants for one pot. i grew my in the garden with a small hill of dirt and sometimes two plants on the same hill doesn't do very well. but I've never try it in a pot. So I could very well be wrong.
kenriley
Level 8
June 16, 2018
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Need to hunt for a bigger pot or attempt to spilt the grouo to two pots. Will have to see what I can find.
Is this an example of you thinking something to later find it's not true?
@AstralSmoke It very well could be.
How fun to wait for the fruit to form. I love a good mystery!
HippieChick58
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June 16, 2018
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