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I don't know if that's a cucumber anymore... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 week ago by confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/greenspace@beehaw.org
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What's growing in my garden? I didn't plant it. It's just doing it's thing. It's also become one with the mystery tomato plant growing beside/in/on it.

Here's a picture of the flower if that helps

Everything about this plant is comically oversized

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[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Before you cook them, try a small piece an check that it isn't bitter.
(Becoming bitter and poisonous can happen to any squash, cucumber or pumpkin not grown from original seed)
If it isn't bitter, it's fine.

[-] confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

I was burying veggie scraps under the snow and leaves during the winter so it likely came from that, but I'll keep that in mind when it comes time to harvest them :)

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just better be safe than sorry :-)

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