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Gardening

Javaman

(64,318 posts) Wed May 14, 2014, 10:04 AM May 2014

I put in my compost into my garden earlier this year and out pops this mystery squash.

any idea what it could be?

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a squash growing out of my compost.... [View all] Javaman May 2014 OP

Easy, it's a volunteer! Scuba May 2014 #1

You obviously don't have any alfalfa hay in your compost. Downwinder May 2014 #2

I never by outside compost. Javaman May 2014 #7

Neighbor here was given some alfalfa hay which she fed to her Downwinder May 2014 #9

I've had watermelons come from my compost pile. sinkingfeeling May 2014 #3

Oh my Gourd! postulater May 2014 #4

Austin, Texas. :) Javaman May 2014 #5

Don't fall asleep next to it. OnyxCollie May 2014 #6

It's a beaut! Looks like haute couture. (nt) enough May 2014 #8

It's gorgeous! CrispyQ May 2014 #10

Lovely, but apparently guessing it's ancestry is almost impossible. Sentath May 2014 #12

Thanks! Javaman May 2014 #13

One could call it is a Squashmelon FloriTexan May 2014 #14

Potatoes grow in my compost pile. lululu May 2014 #15