Can anyone ID this plant?

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??

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.

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

watch the newest leaf on yours it looks just like it

so yes it is food

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/3...043d41.jpg?v=0

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.

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.

10-23-2008, 04:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
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10-23-2008, 06:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
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