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Aug 14, 2014 2:22 PM CST
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Name: Reid
North Branch, MN (Zone 4b)
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This showed up in my squash patch.
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Aug 14, 2014 2:46 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Squash, and a nice looking one at that. Did you plant any?
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Aug 14, 2014 3:24 PM CST
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Name: Reid
North Branch, MN (Zone 4b)
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Yes, but I also threw in the guts of some I got from a pumpkin patch, where they could have crossed and this is the result. They are two different fruits in the pictures.

I planted peanut pumpkins, Long Island cheese pumpkins, delicata, luffa, Greek sweet red squash. I know it isn't any of those. We'll just have to wait and see!
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Aug 14, 2014 3:28 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
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I'll be interested to see it when it ripens.
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Aug 17, 2014 5:35 PM CST
JC NJ/So FL (Zone 7b)
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it looks like a native mexican/latam/caribbean calabaza pumpkin: green with stripes.
there are many that you never see in stores, except for mexican in spanish/mex/latam markets. it is much sweeter then other pumpkins/squashes.
kabocha also has this coloration, but it is usually very squat.
here's a site with great pics! of many-many. perhaps, you can find yours?
http://shop.nativeseeds.org/co...
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Aug 18, 2014 6:40 PM CST
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Name: Reid
North Branch, MN (Zone 4b)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Master Level
That would be so cool! The mystery continues!
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Aug 18, 2014 7:53 PM CST
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Name: Reid
North Branch, MN (Zone 4b)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Master Level
It looks a lot like the Hopi Vatnga. But it would be truly amazing to get that because I know the place where I got the other pumpkins did not plant that kind, and in didn't either. We may just have a new breed here!
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Aug 18, 2014 9:37 PM CST
JC NJ/So FL (Zone 7b)
Amaryllis Hydroponics Houseplants Region: Florida Container Gardener Garden Photography
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i thought it would be a stretch too, but hey it's a great site! if i had a patch, i'd plant some! they are so-o pretty.
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