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help unknown veg?? newbie
shaun14
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in Fruit & veg
Hi everyone I'm hoping for some help, I started growing vegetables for the kids a couple of years ago and have been doing well, now this year my youngest brought home a sunflower seed from school, so I gave her a pot and said your o.k to plant that yourself ( I never saw the actual seed). anyway after a few weeks I could clearly see it was no sunflower.
I am growing cucumbers next to her plant and thought maybe she picked up or a seed blew over and was growing in her pot.
Anyway my cumbers have been flowering for a while small yellow 5 petal flowers, this morning hers has flowered a massive yellow 4 petal yellow flower???
the first photo is of my cucumber and the last two are of my unknown to me flower.
thanks for your time in reading this
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I'd say that's definitely a member of the cucurbit/squash family ....... have a look at the photos on this site
https://sanctuarygardener.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/flowers-in-the-garden-cucurbits/
The blogger has one squash with a four petalled flower.
It'll be interesting to see what you get ... please keep us informed
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Further to my last post - I've just been out to check on my Pattypan squashes (first time I've grown them - they're great
) ... they have six petals ... it's obviously variable amongst cucurbits 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for your responses, anyone else got any ideas?
And I will definitely post photos with the results?
Pumpkins flowers look the identical from what I'm searched except they have 5 pedals
Blame the bees - lots of cross-fertilisation going on out there
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Haha hadn't thought of that
Ok after loads of flowers growing and falling off with no sign of any vegetables, finally I have something,im thinking maybe a marrow?
Last edited: 21 August 2016 12:20:31
Looks like my courgettes. Hopefully you will get some. Mine have been a disaster this year - too much rain. The fruits are rotting before they get to any size.
Shaun - any chance of a photo?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes sorry my phone won't upload it for some reason I will upload it in the laptop shortly