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Post by meandtk on Feb 6, 2018 16:02:42 GMT -5
I think I asked this a couple of years ago, but wanted to ask again. My mom had an uncle who gave her seed for what he called an above ground sweet potato, but was actually a squash. This squash looked like a butternut, but weighed from 10-20 pounds. Does anyone have a clue what this would be? The family lost track of the seeds
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Feb 6, 2018 16:46:06 GMT -5
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Feb 6, 2018 19:26:20 GMT -5
Try Tahitian Melon Squash at southerexposure.com. Be aware that the vines can be in excess of 30 feet. No exaggeration, I paced it off. I don’t have room to plant them anymore.
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Post by paquebot on Feb 6, 2018 19:38:59 GMT -5
In reality, just about every butternut squash variety tastes like a sweet potato. If yo9u made a pie out of either, it would be hard to tell which was which. Same with some pie pumpkins.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by meandtk on Feb 6, 2018 22:30:09 GMT -5
meandtk, hairymooseknuckles, mgulfcoastguy, paquebot, Thanks, but none of those are it. It has the hourglass sort of shape of the butternut and the coloring, but it was huge. We grew one that weighed 19 pounds when I was 11. I surely hate that they lost the seeds.
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Post by paquebot on Feb 6, 2018 22:41:39 GMT -5
Maybe look for Dickinson pumpkin. That one can get to 30 pounds. Looks just like a butternut squash, which it is.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by spacecase0 on Feb 8, 2018 23:54:49 GMT -5
I have grown what was said to be an above ground sweet potato, and it was wild (in a good way) and tasted like grass (in a bad way), took 2.5 hours to cook to soft... it was a moschata, but nothing like www.rareseeds.com/upper-ground-sweet-potato-squash/to bad names refer to so many possible plants you could grow out many of them before figuring out what one it was how long did it take yours to cook, what did the plant look like ? what did it look like ?
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Post by Hensaplenty on Feb 9, 2018 17:12:51 GMT -5
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Post by bellsbunnies on May 14, 2018 15:59:10 GMT -5
Could it be a cushaw? My granny taught me to make pies with them and my son always thinks it sweet potato pie. Green and white striped but when peeled and cooked is orange.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 14, 2018 17:04:02 GMT -5
I was thinking the Violina Rugosa. There was a member on iDig back in the early days who grew huge ones and posted a pic online. She sent me seed, but unfortunately, they must have been damaged in customs because they never germinated even though I tried several times to do so.
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Post by meandtk on May 14, 2018 17:35:02 GMT -5
Could it be a cushaw? My granny taught me to make pies with them and my son always thinks it sweet potato pie. Green and white striped but when peeled and cooked is orange. The coloration was just a bit lighter than a pumpkin, an orange/peach color. I think I may look at your suggestion anyway. Thanks
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Post by meandtk on May 14, 2018 17:35:25 GMT -5
I was thinking the Violina Rugosa. There was a member on iDig back in the early days who grew huge ones and posted a pic online. She sent me seed, but unfortunately, they must have been damaged in customs because they never germinated even though I tried several times to do so. I'll try to find a picture of it. Thanks
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 1, 2018 7:24:33 GMT -5
meandtk, Any luck finding your family squash amongst our suggestions??
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Post by meandtk on Jun 1, 2018 13:25:05 GMT -5
meandtk , Any luck finding your family squash amongst our suggestions?? Sadly I have not. Thanks I'll still search from time to time.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 1, 2018 13:41:30 GMT -5
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