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What is this vegetable?

lanyon.carollanyon.carol Posts: 11
in Fruit & veg

Hello. 

I am a very novice gardener and we tend to plant things and just guess and wing it. We have this vegetable that has grown but we're not sure what it is. I have enclosed a photo. It's hanging as we've trailed it up and along but it's so big that maybe it should be on the ground?

Thanks very much.

Carol and Shaun 

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  • lanyon.carollanyon.carol Posts: 11

    I'm having difficulty attaching the picture.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    Oh dear ... there's a glitch on the forum at the moment preventing the uploading of pictures ... it is being tackled by the Tech Team ... hopefully they'll sort it before long ... 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • lanyon.carollanyon.carol Posts: 11

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    Here it is. It looks like a huge courgette but we grow courgettes and we've not knowingly planted any round courgettes (if such thing exists). 

    Any ideas??

    Thank you.

  • Green MagpieGreen Magpie Posts: 806

    Looks like some kind of squash to me. I have no idea what variety, or how to tell if it's ripe.

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Agree, a squash of some kind and it will need some support before long or it will bring the rest of the vine down.  Some folk use old ladies tights to support them when these types of plants are allowed to climb.  They change colour when ripe (the squash, not the tights!) image

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    There are several types of round courgette grown nowadays ... here's just one example 

    http://search.thompson-morgan.com/seeds/Round-Courgettes 

    They taste just the same as ordinary courgettes.   My guess is that in the seed packing process a round courgette seed managed to get into the wrong packet.

    As yours has grown quite a bit I think you've probably got a round marrow now image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Looks like a green pumpkin. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • lanyon.carollanyon.carol Posts: 11

    I love the tights suggestion. 

    Thanks for your thoughts. I think a wrong seed must have definitely slipped in somewhere. Oh well it's good for us to have a surprise.

    Thanks again everyone. 

    Carol. 

  • chris 172chris 172 Posts: 403

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    Hi all

    Does look like a courgette family member however at least it can be part of your lunch or dinner

    It does resemble a round courgette, I am growing three types this year Floridor yellow, zuchini green and tondo green round all of which are nice used over a range of meals

    Happy gardening

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