I'm stumped. I've grown many kinds of squash in the past.......and have planted a few varieties this year. However, this one has me totally stumped.
I didn't plant this patch of squash.....the only possibility I can think of is they came up "volunteer" from the previous owners garden or compost pile??
The size and shape are just like pumpkins, but they are mostly all green. Some have a hint of stripes on them, but all still in green shades. Some are now the size of basketballs; even though I haven't watered this patch at all. (so obviously, they thrive with NO care!)
I've cut one open & discovered it's a real thin meat sort of event, with tons of seeds in the center. The meat of the veggie is light green to white. The outside is very thin and I can put my fingernail right into it, so it seems more like a summer squash rather than a hard winter one.
And, no..........I haven't cooked one yet. Not sure how exactly. It would be great if it turned out to be yummy, as we have wheelbarrow loads of them!
Any ideas as to what this is? Or do we have some kind of Ripleys' Believe it or not Squash here?
I've Got a Mystery Veggie
September 9th, 2006 at 03:35 am
September 9th, 2006 at 03:52 am 1157773934
Some salt, pepper and butter and can't help but be good (I love all kinds of squash)
September 9th, 2006 at 03:52 am 1157773964
If you have an extension office or a master gardener you can talk to, maybe they can give you some clues.
September 9th, 2006 at 04:05 am 1157774706
It does look like a zucchini vs. pumpkin event........... Inside too. Thin meat like a pumpkin but white-ish like a zucchini. Definately odd looking.
And lush..........and prolific too..........with vines that are up to 18' long.
September 9th, 2006 at 07:16 am 1157786161
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September 10th, 2006 at 09:24 am 1157880244
This is one of DD's favourite veggies.
Goodluck
September 10th, 2006 at 12:22 pm 1157890941
September 11th, 2006 at 07:21 pm 1158002478
freeme journey: I could no way finish half of one of these as a serving, they are at least the size of a basketball now & still growing.
jodi: you may be right about the pumpkin bit.......there are 2 that now have orangish stripes on them.......not orange like a pumpkin yet, but the stripes aren't green any longer.
I have free time today, but there our extension office isn't open today. Go figure. I will take a few more pictures of the next one I harvest & cut open, just in case I can't make it in to the office while I have these available.
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squash growing out of last year's compost pile. I
have no idea what one of them is.
http://boogercountypullers.com/images/squash.jpg
I put a small bottle of Grey Poupon in the background
for perspective
It is dark green with very slightly raised ridges
running from stem to stern. There are lighter
coloured - slightly grey - speckles almost forming
stripes.
They are currently about the size of a large softball. I left them, thinking that they'd get larger with time. Instead, they just
turned orange
When cut open, the inside is mostly seeds with a narrow band of meat - about 3/4" thick.
The other squash in the pile are butternut and spaghetti.
Any thoughts on what it could be? I've googled and
have not found anything that has come closer than the
image in this blog.
Thanks Karen