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Wed, Jul 23, 14 at 10:25
| I planted a "surprise" plant that was sprouting in a cell with a bell pepper that I bought at a nursery. I figured by the cotelydons that it was probably either a squash or a melon. Turns out to be some type of acorn squash, but it's not a solid dark green like the ones I see in the store. The fruits are mottled light green/white with a few darker flecks here and there. They are very pretty. Anybody have a clue what it might be? (Sorry, no pictures, still haven't replaced my camera.) And this plant is HUGE and so far nicely prolific. Can't wait until one of the squashes is big enough to pull and eat and hopefully we will be able to evade the SBs and SVBs and have a nice harvest this fall. I'd also like to save some seeds from them for next year. Edie |
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- Posted by conchitaFL 10 Hutchinson Island (My Page) on Wed, Jul 23, 14 at 12:12
| Sweet Dumpling or Jester, maybe? |
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| Thanks for the suggestions... I looked at pictures of both but they weren't quite what we have. So then I searched just "Acorn Squash" and found that not all acorn squash is plain green, that there are different colors. So I gather that that is what I have so either I can: a.) hope we can eat a LOT of squash in a short period of time (what I found said that storage is only 5 - 8 weeks, yikes!) or b.) I find other folks who like squash! Because just so far there are like 10 squashes of varying sizes out there - and it's only still July (and there are only 2 of us!!!) Thanks, Edie |
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