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melon,or cucumber
« on: July 03, 2008, 20:39:20 »

this is suposed to be cucumber, hubby says melon!! or large courgette seeds came from real seed company :D :D any idears please
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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2008, 20:45:39 »
looks a bit like my courgette, bit darker though  ;D

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2008, 20:48:51 »
The leaves on my cucumber are a lot bigger than those. :)

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2008, 20:50:14 »
 that's true, courgette leaves are lots bigger, too

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2008, 22:16:54 »
leaves might be big as been growing in greenhouse with all other cucumbers,but they dont climb like cucumbers though

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2008, 15:54:39 »
I vote courgette too... ;D
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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2008, 21:40:55 »
email realseeds, they are very helpful in matters like this.

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2008, 21:53:57 »
Thankyou, i have emailed them with pic
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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2008, 22:05:37 »
looks like a winter squash to me  :-\

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2008, 20:18:42 »
Any other thoughts?

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2008, 10:48:02 »
kabocha squash?

http://www.tainongseeds.com/pictures/KabochaSweetMama.JPG

perhaps a bit too smooth.

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2008, 17:32:18 »
It could even be a pumpkin.  They are green before they turn red. 


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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2008, 18:07:56 »
One thing for sure it is not a cucumber, the only round one you get is Crystal Lemon and Crystal Apple.
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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2008, 02:47:48 »
'Tondo di Piacenza' courgette?

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2008, 08:35:02 »

It's a courmelcupump!

I can afford to sound frivolous as I have just woken up for a first morning in Nice.

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2008, 10:36:14 »

It's a courmelcupump!

I can afford to sound frivolous as I have just woken up for a first morning in Nice.

Temperature at present 31C.


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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2008, 11:55:16 »
Yesh!

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2008, 16:03:30 »
real seeds have replyed and said its a courgette , i emailed them back and told them it should have been cucumber,was in cucumber pkt, not buying from them anymore, huby still thinks its a melon he will not let me cut it will it be ok to still cook
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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2008, 21:16:35 »
real seeds have replyed and said its a courgette , i emailed them back and told them it should have been cucumber,was in cucumber pkt, not buying from them anymore, huby still thinks its a melon he will not let me cut it will it be ok to still cook
Pauline

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Re: melon,or cucumber
« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2008, 22:08:42 »
It really looks like Rolet winter squash ;D

 

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