Volunteer squash

[Newbiegrower1970]

I'd post a pic but it won't let me! Any ideas how I get it to work?

[veggiechicken]

Is the photo on your phone or PC?
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...one_94345.html

[Newbiegrower1970]

Thank you. These grew from the compost I buried. All the dark green were from the same plant, there was one more but I've put it in my dinner. Any idea what the pale one could be?

[Zelenina]

Well the dark green ones look like their species is C. maxima. Do you already know which variety they are? It's not very clear but the stalk on the light green one looks more like a C. pepo, but I don't know the variety. Possibly a cross, and that might not be the mature colour. Were the original squashes the seeds came from bought or home grown?

[Newbiegrower1970]

No idea, the one I ate was chestnutty, similar to buttercup squash. I buried compost (containing seeds from bought squash) on the allotment and these grew. I think the pale one might not be quite ready.

[Zelenina]

Yes, I was thinking of Buttercup for the dark ones because they are that colour and have a button. The pale one is possibly meant to turn orange and be a halloween pumpkin or a pie pumpkin, but it looks slightly ribbed so I wondered if it might be crossed with an acorn type. It also looks quite like a spaghetti squash but they are usually more elongated.

[Snoop Puss]

Congratulations. They look a decent size. Better than the ones I tried to grow deliberately!