JoeWras
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I love to garden, but I'm still somewhat of a novice. I compost everything non-animal and use it as a garden amendment.
Sometimes the compost doesn't get too hot, and my amendments result in volunteer plants the following years. Usually it is of vegetables or flowers I recognize. I usually go with it and enjoy them or move them. Some of the best tomatoes have been volunteers.
This year I got a volunteer squash that is taking over the world. We joke it is like the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story. It has been fun to watch this huge thing grow. DW primarily buys "spaghetti" squash. We were hoping it was one of those. But I don't think it is. She thinks it may be the spawn of a decorative squash we composted late in the year, when the compost is cool. I think she may be right.
So here's our new friend. Can we eat this? Is it worth continuing to culture for food? Or should we just prepare for a decorative gourd?
Sometimes the compost doesn't get too hot, and my amendments result in volunteer plants the following years. Usually it is of vegetables or flowers I recognize. I usually go with it and enjoy them or move them. Some of the best tomatoes have been volunteers.
This year I got a volunteer squash that is taking over the world. We joke it is like the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story. It has been fun to watch this huge thing grow. DW primarily buys "spaghetti" squash. We were hoping it was one of those. But I don't think it is. She thinks it may be the spawn of a decorative squash we composted late in the year, when the compost is cool. I think she may be right.
So here's our new friend. Can we eat this? Is it worth continuing to culture for food? Or should we just prepare for a decorative gourd?