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Worm_Farmer
10-23-2008, 04:33 PM
I just made this bed, and this little guy popped up so I thought I would let him grow and see what he turns into. He is much bigger now, but I have no clue what kind of plant this is. Can anyone help??

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Chironex
10-23-2008, 05:00 PM
Looks like castor bean or gunnera.

Worm_Farmer
10-23-2008, 05:48 PM
No way it is a castor bean, Here is a picture of my Purple / Hot Pink castor bean I started a few months ago. Castor grows wild here in FL, but they look a lot like this purple one just more green.

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I am hoping it is some kind of food.

ClevelandCATHY
10-23-2008, 06:09 PM
Looks like some kind of squash or pumpkin. Hard to tell when they're small.

xavierdlc61887
10-23-2008, 06:18 PM
looks like a watermelon plant :D

watch the newest leaf on yours it looks just like it :D so yes it is food :D

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Taylor
10-23-2008, 06:34 PM
It's not Castor Bean. It's not Watermelon.

I agree with Cathy, with a dad who grows vegetables, and sometimes I do too, it is either a squash (or the like... zucchini etc), a gourd, or a pumpkin. It could also be a Loofa and the like, but I would assume it would be something rather common.

Fernie, you will find that as that plant gets larger, the leaves get more splits in them, almost like a spiny passiflora.

I have Loofa seeds and Castor Bean seeds for trade/sale/SASE if anyone is interesting. A few hundred of each.

lorax
10-23-2008, 07:29 PM
If you're talking the one coming right up through the cardboard mulch, I'd have to agree with everyone else and say it's squash/melon type thing.

Worm_Farmer
10-23-2008, 07:36 PM
Yeah, its that one, I know the rest are Pineapples, Dutchmans pipe vine, and a Miracle Fruit seedling.

I just cant wait to find out what it is, All I did was turn over the dirt and dig down about 3 - 4" to set the cinder blocks in.

turtile
10-23-2008, 07:45 PM
My guess is a pumpkin. Could be squash but I doubt that would just appear there.

However, its not watermelon, cantaloupe, or honeydew which could be thrown around.

modenacart
10-25-2008, 12:43 PM
Looks similar to sweet potato vines I grew this year.

Mark Hall
10-26-2008, 06:48 AM
Or even a cuecumber.

magicgreen
10-27-2008, 07:56 AM
Looks like it could be a weed too!

sandy0225
10-30-2008, 08:28 AM
looks like a pumpkin,gourd or cucumber to me.

hydrojeff
10-30-2008, 11:13 AM
i agree with Fernie, its a watermelon because of the newest seraded leaf on it.....

Worm_Farmer
11-08-2008, 05:10 PM
I think it is a squash of some kind. Look at the flower's it started to make. There is a little fruit under the flower. Still not 100% sure what kind of squash or if it is really a squash yet.

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carpy
11-17-2008, 11:17 AM
Possibly a marrow courgette plant. Is the forming fruit longish or roundish?

If it's longish it's a courgette.

carpy
11-17-2008, 11:29 AM
If it's roundish it's a watermelon.

hydrojeff
11-17-2008, 12:14 PM
no now i think its squash not watermellon, flowers are too big for mellon,sorry

modenacart
11-17-2008, 05:13 PM
pumpkin maybe.

momoese
11-17-2008, 05:24 PM
Looks like squash blossoms to me.

Worm_Farmer
11-17-2008, 08:17 PM
The fruit seems to turn yellow and fall off before it gets to big. I will get another pic soon. It has lots of flowers and is more then double the size now. I will get a pic of the fruit, it looks like a Squash for sure.