What are these growing in my garden.

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Got either some envasive weeds or some volunteers.

Only thing I had out last year was cucumbers, zuchinni, watermelon, potatoes, and tomatoes.

Don't look like tomatoes, don't smell like cucumber, don't really look like anything I had out last year. Are they just a weed?

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   / What are these growing in my garden. #2  
Looks like something from the squash family, squash, gourds, pumpkins, etc., they re-seed easily!
 
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That looks like watermelon to me.
 
   / What are these growing in my garden. #4  
Yep, watermelon! Looks like someone may have left a melon there last year.
 
   / What are these growing in my garden.
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I seem to remember the watermelon plants looking like this

Watermelon Plant 1144, Size: 2592x1456 #77876 | NatureWallpaper.club

But the leaves dont look like mature zuchinni either
https://shafjac.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/zucchini-jungle-2008-06-01.jpg


Maybe when the plants are young their leaves look different? I found some pics of young watermelon starts and they look like what I have. But have also seen some young zuchinni plants that look the same too?

Guess we will wait and see what grows
 
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Yep, watermelon! Looks like someone may have left a melon there last year.

Its odd, because the watermelon didnt do well at all. Only ended up with two fruits, out of two plants. And neither got bigger than the size of a baseball.
 
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Looks like something from the squash family, squash, gourds, pumpkins, etc., they re-seed easily!

The squash family is a big family......maybe some cantaloupe guts that you threw out there.
 
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The squash family is a big family......maybe some cantaloupe guts that you threw out there.

Nope. Havent thrown anything out in the garden that we didnt grow there
 
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My guess would be the zucchini. The chances are that what you planted last year was a hybrid, so what grows back from those seeds won't be quite the same as what you planted.
 
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They look a lot like my young squash plants. In any case - I don't think they are weeds.
 
 
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