"Elaine" wrote in message
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Hi everybody! Here's a question... I've got a "wild" pumpkin vine that was
growing in my foxglove bed.

I moved it to a decomposing log pile and leaf area . Anyway my brother
"the farmer of the family" said it would never have orange pumpkins, just
green ones. Anybody know if this is true?
BTY It likes it's new home and is running all over the place.

I get volunteers like this from time to time, probably from the compost. The
seeds are so hard, so they'll stay good but won't germinate until the
compost is spread out over the garden. One year it really was a mystery
squash. The fruit was relatively large, like a pumpkin, but it had white
streaks in it, like a delicata. Since grocery varieties might be hybrids,
this could have been one of the ancestors of whatever we bought at the
store. It doesn't matter, it tasted just fine.


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Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
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