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| I have 3 amish pie pumpkin and 1 spaghetti squash vine planted together with the vines spreading out down a grassy hill. We've gotten some great spaghetti squash and have several pie pumpkins growing as well... but there is also this 'mystery' squash that doesn't look like either of the others. My only guess is that some other seed got mixed up with the pie pumpkin seeds and one of those vines is actually something else. The vines are huge tough and all intertwined so I can't follow it back to its source. Not sure how to do multiple photos in one post, so I'll just add to this with a reply. Here are all three squashes side by side - ripe spaghetti squash, still green/growing amish pie pumpkin, weirdly orange mystery squash. |
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| close up of the mystery squash, it's sort of tear-drop shaped, pointed on the bottom and a weird, almost pastel-like orange color. bigger than the spaghetti squash, looks like it will be smaller than the amish pie pumpkins. Pretty smooth skin like the spaghetti squash, not grooved like a typical orange pumpkin. |
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| One more since it was hard to see in the last picture... the bottom/blossom end has a sort of 'knob' sticking out where the blossom was. I thought that was sort of strange sine they are usually just flat. Also, I think you can see it in the last photo... the stem is really fat and looks almost 'bloated', unlike a typical squash stem. So any ideas on what this mystery squash could be? |
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- Posted by sweetquietplace 6 WNC Mtn. (My Page) on Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 7:39
| Just a guess...but maybe a spaghetti squash cross? |
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| Buttercups (c. maxima) have a knob at the bottom end, but they are generally barrel shaped. There are some yellow varieties like Hidatsa (sometimes called hubbards) in this species that might have that feature.I think you got an off type with your pie pumpkins, happens a lot, but I think you will be happy in the end. If it's a c. maxima it will have dry, flaky flesh, quite different from the pumpkins. |
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| IMHO, your orange mystery squash looks more like the Amish Pie that I have grown than does that striped one in the middle!! Google Amish Pie Squash and look at the pictures, you'll see what I mean. Unless you are saving seeds, I wouldn't worry too much what is what, enjoy the squash that are produced this year, and use fresh seed of known provenance for next year. Steve |
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| I don't think I can save seeds because I have the spaghetti squash growing with the amish pie pumpkins anyway... But... very interesting about the pie pumpkins. I ordered from heirloom seeds, which shows a pumpkin looking much like a typical jack-o-lantern type pumpkin. An image search turned up others that look more like my mystery pumpkin. I don't get it, both come from heirloom seed houses, not just random gardeners, so you would think they know what they are talking about and using appropriate photos. |
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