Oh my gosh I just realized this experiment may backfire on me. I could get
cross-pollination of birdhouse gourds x pumpkins! Oh well I planted to many
gourd seeds anyway (10 plants-each plant should make 20 gourds). The birds
probably wont care what their houses look like

If will be fun to see what happens and I will past it along later if anyone
is interested in the results.

Elaine

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"lwhaley" wrote in
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What this all means is that your brother is probably right.
Your vine will produce something but you don't know what.
I will likely be green like your bro said and may not be
good for anything other than an autumn display. In any
case, you can keep the vine around as an experiment if you
are curious. If you want or expect actual pumpkins then
you would destroy it.

ok, WHY would it likely be green?

Equally good question: Why would it NOT be green? Pumpkins have been
successfully cross-pollinated with other types of squash. Obviously, this
is less likely to be done by bees than by people experimenting in a closed
greenhouse, but you shouldn't suggest that it's impossible.