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Wild vining squash in Texas?

Posted by donaldd678 (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 24, 14 at 18:04

We left town for a week and when we came back we found this "weed" growing in our backyard. It was close to my container garden of vining squash but those were dying from what I think was bacterial wilt.

I took a picture, can someone tell me what this is? The flowers look similar to what my squash was producing but the leaves on the vine look different. Is this a random weed or did something happen with my container garden of squash to form this?


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RE: Wild vining squash in Texas?

  • Posted by dbarron Z6/7 (Oklahoma) (My Page) on
    Sun, Aug 24, 14 at 18:08

Leaves look like a watermelon, the fruits look like a cuke.


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RE: Wild vining squash in Texas?

watermelon, possibly a citron


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RE: Wild vining squash in Texas?

I had random watermelons show up twice in my yard. I think the seeds were in flood irrigation or carried by birds. Mine mad a lot of big melons from about 5 volunteers but they were in shade so never fully ripened.


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