# What's wrong with my squash plant?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 18, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-squash-plant/631837 "2012-08-18T01:26:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-squash-plant/631837/21 "2012-08-21T13:24:47Z")

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> [@nofloyd](#):
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> Another vine now has 3 bowling pin shaped, ribbed, bumpy, odd shade of gray squashes, that don’t say ‘eat me’ to me. Ornamental? Odd hybrid still edible?  
> Really, that color is strange. Colour Out of Space strange.

Ever had a [blue pumpkin](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanto/3981540852/)? Those just look alien.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-squash-plant/631837/22 "2012-08-22T06:00:33Z")

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Same problem here. I had Boucoups of Blooms, and a whopping 2 Zucs! They were very large, however. My first attempt with these.

Japanese Eggplant picked up the slack! Tomatos always do well.

This thread might inspire me to create a new one. “Mel the Square-foot Garden Guy is a Full-of-Shit Geezer!”. 😃

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**Author:** ![Coustralee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Coustralee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coustralee)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-squash-plant/631837/23 "2012-08-22T14:20:44Z")

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queensland blue is pretty much the norm in australia, its rare to see a round orange one

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-squash-plant/631837/24 "2012-08-22T20:54:24Z")

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Well, we just harvested a squash from the plant, so I guess we just didn’t wait long enough. Looks like a couple more on the way. Ratatouille tomorrow night!

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