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Cucurbit identification, is there a website with photographs? Seeds mixed up

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Spaghetticarbanana · 25/04/2019 20:53

DD (2yrs) "helped" me soak
peas, squash, courgettes and pumpkin so everything got mixed up and I have no idea what's what.
Is there a website that you can use to identify different leaves?

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Sadik · 25/04/2019 22:42

You should be able to pick the squashes out from the courgettes / pumpkins - depending on variety. Most winter squashes are Cucurbita maxima, the seeds look quite distinct from (courgette / summer squash / pumpkins).

Picking them out from leaves is tricky. The pumpkins & courgettes will be slightly 'spikier' in leaf shape, the squashes a bit more rounded but they vary by variety. And that doesn't help you in separating the courgettes from the pumpkins.

Best bet may be just to plant them all together & sort them out as you go by fruit shape!

Sadik · 25/04/2019 22:43

Sorry, mangled first part of the post. Courgette / summer squash / pumpkins are all Cucurbita pepo, the seeds are smaller & look different to C. maxima.

Spaghetticarbanana · 25/04/2019 23:53

Basically I had some seeds I was planning to grow (courgette (yellow and green), summer squash, crown prince squash, butternut squash and other seeds that I wasnt planning to grow like baby boo pumpkin, jack be little pumpkin, there were few more types. I had the ones to grow seperated in an egg box and gave DD others to play. She mixed everything together. I couldve tried to pick out the biggest seeds but there wasnt much point as I still would have ended up guessing. I suppose I shall just see what happens!
The slugs or something are having a good go at them anyway so I dont know how many will make it.

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Spaghetticarbanana · 25/04/2019 23:54

This is the only one with true leaves right now

Cucurbit identification, is there a website with photographs? Seeds mixed up
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Sadik · 26/04/2019 08:43

I'd say probably squash rather than courgette/pumpkin, but it's really hard to id - as you say probably just need to wait & see!

BobTheDuvet · 26/04/2019 13:44

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Spaghetticarbanana · 01/05/2019 07:29

Thank you @BobTheDuvet actally it was helpful. I have noticed that the seedling leaves are different shapes, some are very round, some are longer and looking at your cucumbers I'm wondering if the big round ones are pumpkins. The slugs are eating all my plants so im not even sure how many will make it, which is a shame. It's fun having mystery plants.

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