odd ? mellon / gourds growing in corner of pasture

[Soundguy]

Sounds like citron melons.

deffinately not a pumpkin.. what's a citron mellon like?

the horses kicked one free yesterday and I took a machetti to it. smelled faintly like a watermellon.. but again.. pale flesh.

skin not like a honeydo.. and did not look like a honeydo.. etc..

 

[Soundguy]

ahh.. google search.

yup.. I think they are citron mellons.

 

[jinman]

Do animals poop in that corner of the pasture? I'd bet that a raccoon, fox, or coyote made a "deposit" there with seeds they ate at another location. If the pasture wasn't mowed in that spot for 90 to 100 days, that's perfect time for growth of melons.

 

[Soundguy]

Do animals poop in that corner of the pasture? I'd bet that a raccoon, fox, or coyote made a "deposit" there with seeds they ate at another location. If the pasture wasn't mowed in that spot for 90 to 100 days, that's perfect time for growth of melons.

plenty of coon, fox, 'yotes, horses.. etc birds.. etc. and yeah.. I hadn't mowed that corner of the pasture this year.

 

[sixdogs]

Gourds and pumpkins or squash/vine crops often cross-pollinate and you wind up with alien-looking things. We had "gourdkins" that were half and half and have had squash cross with cukes. The list was endless and in our 8 acres probably had 25 ugly ducklings a year.

My guess is someone's garden from last year was mix and match of whatever and the seeds crossed. They got discarded in your area, or a bird or cow left the seed and there you go.

 

[brin]

Look out Chris ...based on what Jim posted....You eat that melon..what if you turn into a raccoon , coyote or werewolf....?

 

[jinman]

Look out Chris ...based on what Jim posted....You eat that melon..what if you turn into a raccoon , coyote or werewolf....?

Or, worse yet, a TBNaholic.

 

[Coyote machine]

Do you have crop circles in any of your fields?:confused3:

 

[SPIKER]

There are all kinds of melons it seems now from regular "red" water melons to "yellow", "White" and orange looking flesh ones. I like the Yellow Ones have not tried the other ones yet. Kind of harder to find too so not sure if they are some genetically mixed up or modified or result of Crop Circles heheh ???

Mark

 

[Larro Darro]

The cats planted this gourd for us. Right by the front porch.