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Hybrid Zucchini / Squash ???

Posted by dethcheez Sunny SoCal Z10 (My Page) on
Thu, May 8, 14 at 21:43

I pretty much compost everything in my garden
So I always have random stuff popping up here & there
From seeds that survived the winter in my compost pile

Anyways
This is one of those random pop ups

At 1st I thought it was a green Zucchini & thought the small Zucchinis where starting to rot & turn yellow
But they weren't they were firm & stayed that color

I had like 5 or 6 different kinds of Squash growing last year
Pretty much one on top of the other
None of which looked like these

Thinking maybe an open pollinated Yellow x Green cross???
Like Dark Green Zucchini x Yellow Crock Neck Squash???

What Say You???


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And a Pic Of The Inside


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RE: Hybrid Zucchini / Squash ???

Squash are very promiscuos, especially C. pepo. That looks like a zucchini cross with a yellow squash. With the warts probably a yellow crookneck, but it could be crosses with any C.pepo you grew last year.


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RE: Hybrid Zucchini / Squash ???

If you planted hybrid Zucchini last year and seeds germinate, you can't expect them to be of the same kind - they hybrids, that means the do not inherit parents characteristics. Instead they have characteristics of one of their grandparent... If you add here open pollination between different hybrids... It is pretty much hybrid mess)


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RE: Hybrid Zucchini / Squash ???

farmerdill / galinas
Yep pretty much

The flash made the Yellower brighter looking
It actually has more Green to it than what shows in the pic

The new ones that are growing look the same

What Would The Chance Of It Being True To Seed???

I'm guessing from what I had growing
These two would be the most likely candidates


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And This Be The Other


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RE: Hybrid Zucchini / Squash ???

  • Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
    Sat, May 10, 14 at 17:00

I'd guess the Vegas odds on "true from seed" would be pretty high. Something in the neighborhood of 30:1. But how does it taste? Worth trying?

Dave


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