Will My Squash Planted From A Supermarket Squash Produce Veg?

[wild]

Hey folks,

About 4-6 weeks ago I chucked some seeds from a supermarket bought squash into some compost to see if it would work. Well, it did. So, now I have have about (I'm not kidding) fifty to eighty squash plants growing.

Funnily enough, they are doing a lot better than the garden centre squash seeds that I am also trying to grow. They look healthy and strong, and yesterday I planted about thirty of them out into a veg patch. Does anyone know if they are going to produce squash for me? If they will, then I'll extend the veggie patch to plant the rest out but if they won't then I won't bother

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[muddled]

no-one can say for certain.

If the original was an F1...probably not.
If the original was a 'pure breed' then perhaps....

If the original was a pure breed and was grown alongside other curcubits...probably not.
If the original was a pure breed and grown in an enormous patch of pure breed of the same variety...then perhaps...

Actually, that last scenario is not as unlikely as it sounds.
Perhaps keep one or two...just for the fun of it,

80 squash plants?
Bad idea....very very bad idea

[Kirk]

They might, but no guatantee of what they will produce as they will have been "open" pollinated and what the other half was is open to chance. Could well end up with interesting fruits.

The other question is what variety are they from and do they originate from warmed climes - Portugal, Spain etc. If so they could set fruit but it may not fully develop.

If I recall squash plants are not small, how many acres are you thinking of turning over to squash growing. I would also guess they need a good amount of food in the form of manure or similar, and water with all those leaves.

[wild]

Very interesting, thank you both for the information/ advice.

Hopefully it'll be an interesting experiment and we'll see what happens

I'll keep you all updated with pictures :-)

[vixylix]

Wild you might invent an amazing new squash! I'm excited to see what you produce

[purplekat]

I'm trying the same with a lovely squash I had last year, I'm only trying three though Not sprouted yet but will be interesting to see what appears

[roitelet]

Did some last year. Two produced Butternuts and two produced round ones. They both tasted the same.