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Old 10-23-2008, 04:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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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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Old 10-23-2008, 05:00 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Looks like castor bean or gunnera.
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Old 10-23-2008, 05:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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Default Re: Can anyone ID this plant?

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.
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Old 10-23-2008, 06:09 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Looks like some kind of squash or pumpkin. Hard to tell when they're small.
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Default Re: Can anyone ID this plant?

looks like a watermelon plant

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

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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.
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Old 10-23-2008, 07:29 PM   #7 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 10-23-2008, 07:36 PM   #8 (permalink)
 
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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.
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Old 10-23-2008, 07:45 PM   #9 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 10-25-2008, 12:43 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Looks similar to sweet potato vines I grew this year.
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Old 10-26-2008, 06:48 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Or even a cuecumber.
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Old 10-27-2008, 07:56 AM   #12 (permalink)
 
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Looks like it could be a weed too!
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Old 10-30-2008, 08:28 AM   #13 (permalink)
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looks like a pumpkin,gourd or cucumber to me.
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Old 10-30-2008, 11:13 AM   #14 (permalink)
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i agree with Fernie, its a watermelon because of the newest seraded leaf on it.....
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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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Possibly a marrow courgette plant. Is the forming fruit longish or roundish?

If it's longish it's a courgette.
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Old 11-17-2008, 11:29 AM   #17 (permalink)
 
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If it's roundish it's a watermelon.
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Old 11-17-2008, 12:14 PM   #18 (permalink)
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no now i think its squash not watermellon, flowers are too big for mellon,sorry
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pumpkin maybe.
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Old 11-17-2008, 05:24 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Looks like squash blossoms to me.
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