Guess the squash!

[stupot]

I found this growing on my plot where I think the last holder had squash growing. Does anyone know what type it is? Had a look on the interweb but can't match it.

[Two_Sheds]

looks like a courgette that just got too big.

[Paulottie]

Indeed it is probably a 'Rond de Nice' courgette... but if it was open pollinated and grew from a stray seed then squashes are very promiscuous so it may not be a thoroughbred but a bit of a mongrel.

[rustylady]

looks like a courgette that just got too big.

It's too round to be a courgette IMHO, but it certainly looks edible. It's almost certainly grown from seed left over on the plot from unused or rotten fruit and probably not true to type, therefore it could be a whole new variety.

[Alice]

Or it could be Burgess winter squash.
PlantFiles: Pictures of Winter Squash 'Burgess Buttercup' (Cucurbita maxima)

[stupot]

Doesn't look like Burgess Butercup or rond de nice - it's very green and the shape is melon like. It probably is some mongrol winter/summer squash or maybe a round/long courgette hybrid. I've picked one for dinner so the proof is in the pudding!

[squashman]

Could it be this:-

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/images/sqas.jpg

A slightly elongated Anna Swartz Hubbard Squash?

[Incy]

It looks a bit like a watermelon to me.

[sarraceniac]

Looks like a marrow to me. Yes I know they are often longer than this but when my dad grew them years ago he often got 'dumpy' ones like this. Don't grow them myself. We like butternuts but marrows are bland and soggy.

[indigox]

I've got something very similar growing on my lottie, I bought it at a plant sale as a spaghetti squash, but I figure someone just grew seeds from one, and it had been pollinated by something else (most likely a courgette/marrow I suppose) so they haven't come true.
I guess I may as well try eating it, but I'm not holding out too much hope -I'm going to grow my own ones from seed instead next year!

[stupot]

Didn't taste good. Chewy. I think it's some kind of winter/summer squash hybrid. Tastes and texture of immature pumpkin. Think I will wait and see if it "sets" like a winter squash.

[Lavenderblue]

Could it be this:-

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/images/sqas.jpg

A slightly elongated Anna Swartz Hubbard Squash?

I am growing these this year and they look nothing like the squash in the picture. We are growing round courgettes - if you look in our blog you will see one that got huuuge - it looks almost exactly like the one in the picture.

[RowdyRebel49]

Interesting

We received a squash from a friend who grows them, that looks similar to the one pictured. I am guessing as well that it is a hybrid. The skin is tough as leather (which means no peeling), yet the meat inside is soft and sweet and creamy. We use it in our dinner pies, and it is refreshing and light, with a wonderful taste.

[chris]

Helllo RowdyRebel, welcome to the forum. Most winter squashes do have tough skin They keep very well, I'd be seeing if you could get another one off your friend