Every year, I have some type of volunteer show up in my gardens. Usually from seeds not fully broken down in my compost bins that then get mixed in with my garden soil.
These, I was certain were pumpkin, but they haven't grown any larger than this and haven't lost the cone on the butt end. Suppose they are acorn squash?
This plant came up looking like cucumber, but it grew and spread so quickly I thought it might be a weed. Today, I was rather startled when I found these bizarre-looking fruit growing. They are spiky and about 5"-6" long. I think they might be Kiwano/Horned Melon. Last year, my son convinced me to buy 1 Kiwano just to give it a try (and because it looked like it came from another planet). We sliced it and none of us could quite get past the slimy texture, so in the compost bin it went.
- Gary350
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If you like that fruit with all the pointy things you better grow your own they are $5 each at the grocery store. It is not very good tasting fruit, it tastes like cucumber mixed with lime juice, it is 95% seeds. Suck up the juice and spit out the seeds you get a few swallows for $5. It might taste a lot better to juice 20 of those, add some sweetener or sugar then pour it over ice. It might be a very good refreshing summer time drink on ice. If I had a garden full of those I would sure do some experiments but I'm going to buy $100 worth of those at the store. I'm not a fan of cucumber it taste like green watermelon rind to me.