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  flowerweaver wrote:

  LOL!…Sort of looks like a loofah sponge.

  Posted on 11 Aug 12 (9 months ago)

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  blurdom wrote:

  Sort of looks like a lot of things….silly squash!

  Posted on 12 Aug 12 (9 months ago)

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  JimMarconnet wrote:

  I like your title.

  This reminds me of a recent discovery in my flower garden. I transplanted some Monkey Grass, to border the garden. When it got growing and it rained, instead of Monkey Grass, it grew up as something much taller, solid green color, with a totally different bloom, like a starburst. My guess is it was some sort of grass-like stuff with an onion-like bulb underground. Similar to Monkey Grass, but totally different. So my wife has started pulling up the tall grass and leaving, where possible, the shorter variegated Monkey Grass. You don’t have that option with your squash.

  Posted on 12 Aug 12 (9 months ago)

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  rainymountain wrote:

  I think delicata refers to the flavour but my memory of them (from last winter) is that they were round and an orangy colour so yep, your squash looks like something different. Have you cut it open yet?

  Posted on 12 Aug 12 (9 months ago)

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  blurdom wrote:

  JimMarconnet – at least I can eat the squash.
  But true that a growing season has gone by, with mostly little other than weirdness to report on the squash/pumpkin front. I think my total yield for all the types of curbits will be something like 5-6, if I’m lucky.
  I do wonder if you left the taller grass in the back, behind the monkey grass, if it would stay put & not overrun the grasses you do want.

  rainymountain – I kept waiting for the stripes to appear, and nothing happened – it also grew paler as it ripened.
  I cut it open & cooked it today – it’s a mild-tasting, firm-fleshed squash (pale green, translucent flesh when cooked). The rind is similar thickness to a spaghetti squash, and the cross-section looks slightly scalloped. I’m thinking it might be a mexican white squash/tatuma, but am still not 100% sure.

  Posted on 12 Aug 12 (9 months ago)

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  Fhaith wrote:

  I just have to laugh. Last year I also grew some “Delicata” and it ended up looking like a hot air balloon. It looked like it in coloring, but it was a big fat balloon. I think it crossed with the Uncle David’s Dakota Dessert Squash. It was QUITE tasty!!!

  Posted on 13 Aug 12 (9 months ago)

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  blurdom wrote:

  Hi Fhaith – glad to know I’m not the only one! :-)

  Posted on 14 Aug 12 (9 months ago)

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  hillbillyharvey wrote:

  That ain’t no delicata for sure! When I saw the picture, my 1st reaction was it looked like the Armenian Long cucumber we grew this year. Your flesh description kinda matched it too. How big was the seed? If it was approx. 1/2 inch long and skinny, it was probably a cuke. Delicata squash seed is whiteish, roundish about the size of your cat’s head in your name picture above. If you want some REAL Delicata squash seed, I’ve got it here at White Harvest Seed Co.! Unless you have at least 1/4 mile separation minimum between same species squash, you will get crosses.

  Posted on 17 Aug 12 (9 months ago)

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  blurdom wrote:

  hi hillbillyharvey -
  lol, yeah, it’s been an interesting summer for squash around here. The mystery fruit did have very squash-like seeds. Thanks for the info about species & crosses – I was curious about that. It’s entirely possible that it’s a cross, as you suggest.

  Well, the seeds from this monster squash are in the compost – 2013 should be the year of the super-mega-mystery volunteer squash. :-)

  Posted on 18 Aug 12 (9 months ago)

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