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Can anyone identify these seedlings?

seafoamseafoam Posts: 10
edited May 2020 in Plants
So a bunch of seeds were mistakenly sown about the garden, and there are things coming up but no one's sure if they're plants or just weeds. Could anyone possibly identify them? There's this one:



and this one:


If they are a result of the seeds, they will be vegetable plants of some sort, but they could very well just be weeds. Thanks for any help or thoughts you can give!

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  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Cucumbers or courgettes to my eye.  Fairly sure they are not weeds. 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    As KOG says - also possibly squash - maybe even melon!

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    I agree, it could be any of the cucurbits mentioned by @KeenOnGreen or @Pete.8
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  • foxwalesfoxwales Posts: 69
    Top look like marrow/courgette. Bottom ones look like squash
  • seafoamseafoam Posts: 10
    foxwales said:
    Top look like marrow/courgette. Bottom ones look like squash
    BobTheGardener said:
    I agree, it could be any of the cucurbits mentioned by @KeenOnGreen or @Pete.8
    Pete.8 said:
    As KOG says - also possibly squash - maybe even melon!
    KeenOnGreen said:
    Cucumbers or courgettes to my eye.  Fairly sure they are not weeds. 
    Thanks guys, I thought they looked like cucurbits as well, only as far as I know there were no squash etc seeds. Somewhat of a mystery. I think I'll just let them grow on for now. Thanks again for your input everyone!
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Did you have any part of a cucumber/courgette/general squash in your compost?  A mistake I will not repeat although I did grow some of the plants out of curiosity!
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • seafoamseafoam Posts: 10
    herbaceous said:
    Did you have any part of a cucumber/courgette/general squash in your compost?  A mistake I will not repeat although I did grow some of the plants out of curiosity!
    It's my stepfather's so I'm unsure, but it could very well be a possibility. There's not much else growing where they are though, so I think I'll let them grow for a bit for curiosity's sake! Wouldn't mind a free cucumber or two haha. 
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