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[CrownHawg]

I'm with Duber, it's definitely a zucchini crossed with something. The leaves are definitely squash like.

 

[QueBota]

Thanks guys, I'm leaning towards pumpkin but it's odd that it is more cylindrical than round. Haven't seen many pumpkins shaped like a cucumber/zucchini/squash also haven't seen many "round" cucumber/zucchini/squash.It's growing on a mildly steep slope if that make a difference. My experience with melons/pumpkins/squash/zucchini is limited. Have grown a few cucumbers in the past, battled with the cucumber beetles. I'll post some pics after harvest, maybe that will help.

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[CADplans]

Thanks guys, I'm leaning towards pumpkin but it's odd that it is more cylindrical than round. Haven't seen many pumpkins shaped like a cucumber/zucchini/squash also haven't seen many "round" cucumber/zucchini/squash.It's growing on a mildly steep slope if that make a difference. My experience with melons/pumpkins/squash/zucchini is limited. Have grown quite a few cucumbers in the past. I post some pics after harvest, maybe that will help.

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These types of "fruit" occur when the PREVIOUS generation was cross pollinated.

That is why corn seed is expensive.
A neighbor used to grow seed corn,
he would de-tassel 5 rows, then the 6th row, a different variety, would pollinate the 5 rows.
During harvest, the 6th row was cut for silage, the 5 rows harvested for seed.

THEN,,, he found there was gravel under the fields,,, the tractors were parked,, and never moved, again!! :thumbsup:

 

[QueBota]

Interesting, it does look like some odd combination of pumpkin and something squashlike. It had lots of flowers for about a month or so, never set any "fruit", they would just drop after a day or so. Never paid much mind to it after that, noticed the "fruit" while cutting some fields a few days ago. We were sitting on the tailgate taking a break when I noticed the fruit.

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[Buty]

Looks like cantaloupe that I grew this summer.

 

[Taylortractornut]

Pumpkin. Did they have a fall display there. I had one sprout in a flower bed onetime

 

[QueBota]

No, but there are several folks in the area who have good size vegetable gardens and grow pumpkins. Perhaps a racoon, deer, etc. had a pumpkin snack last fall and left a seed deposit. It rooted right next to a small asphalt drive that connects two fields. When it rains water washes everything on that side of the drive towards the swale that runs next to the drive. Most leaves are gone now, waiting to harvest the "fruit". Not sure when the appropriate time is. Don't want to harvest it too early, don't want it to become overripe. Should be tasty whatever it is.

Thanks,
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