I know a few weeks ago when I posted a picture of my great nephew Jordan with this Plant that volunteered to come up in our backyard that I said it was a watermelon.
That post may have left you with the impression that it was, in fact, a watermelon growing in our backyard. But you would have been mistaken. The bigger the plant got, the more it looked like the squash plants in our garden plot.
After Googling pictures of watermelon plants, this one looks nothing like them. I should have known that as I've grown watermelons in the past. I assumed that the plant was the result of Jordan and me eating watermelon on the backyard bench. Apparently, that was not the case.
I put a tomato cage around this plant when it was small to keep the chickens from scratching it up. With all the recent rain, the squash had a growth spurt and it's now grown through the top hoops of the tomato cage.
As you can see, the plant is blooming so it will not be long before I'll confirm that it is, in fact, a squash plant. If not, I will tell you that you were again mistaken :)
More to follow.
That post may have left you with the impression that it was, in fact, a watermelon growing in our backyard. But you would have been mistaken. The bigger the plant got, the more it looked like the squash plants in our garden plot.
After Googling pictures of watermelon plants, this one looks nothing like them. I should have known that as I've grown watermelons in the past. I assumed that the plant was the result of Jordan and me eating watermelon on the backyard bench. Apparently, that was not the case.
I put a tomato cage around this plant when it was small to keep the chickens from scratching it up. With all the recent rain, the squash had a growth spurt and it's now grown through the top hoops of the tomato cage.
As you can see, the plant is blooming so it will not be long before I'll confirm that it is, in fact, a squash plant. If not, I will tell you that you were again mistaken :)
More to follow.
