*SOLVED* UPDATED PICTURES. What Plant Is This?

[BreanneRN]

So how is your plant doing? I bet it is growing quickly...

 

[PirateGirl]

I just want to say this is exciting. I had mystery sprouts in my garden this year too. They didn't look like any of the weeds in my yard so I have been letting them grow and biding my time. A few sprouted flowers this week and it turns out my pollinators that I planted last year, while weren't perennials, re-seeded and are thriving and came back on their own! Good luck!

 

[feathermaid]

Oh my goodness, where have I been?! Just getting back to you guys...

The plant looks exactly like the hybrid cucumbers I am growing off my back deck! They are called salad cucumbers or minis! They are crossed with a type of Mexican cucumber that has a bitter lime flavor to it! Mine has not produced any fruit as of yet but it could be any day now!

This has grown bigger than any cucumber variety I've seen, but yours sound delicious!

I've seen pics where folks have used mesh produce bags (like for onions or oranges) as slings. Not sure how well that works compared to panty hose, but it might be something you have in the house already.

Really, anything that has a bit of sling property to it, but doesn't hold water would work, I think a strip of T shirt material might tend to stay damp too long. Woudn't want it to get mildew on it's bottom.

Good ideas! I think it's about time for me to start getting something like that going.

There is a hybrid plant called a kavbuz that appears to resemble this plant... It is a pumpkin/watermelon hybrid grown in the Ukraine area... You can actually buy seeds! Don't know if that is what this is, although even if it is, hybrids, due to mixed genetic features, can have tons of individual variation, so no 2 plants would necessarily have the same fruit or leaves, etc. If that is what this is, though, when it sets more fruit, it is going to bring the trellis down, I'm thinking... In the meantime, maybe make a sling out of a potato bag? http://semenaopt.com/en/Pumpkin/Kavbuz/6434/ Eating the Kavbuz apparently has health benefits and can be used for animal fodder. I know my horse loves watermelon and will eat pumpkin. If this plant is easy to grow, maybe I will grow some for my sheep, horse, and poultry! When you think about all the nutrition in a pumpkin packed into a watermelon type inside, that is a lot of feed... And apparently this grows to quite good size. Sounds like a great plant to keep around, especially since easy to grow!

Oh, I googled "kavbuz" and mine does look a lot like that! Interesting...

 

[feathermaid]

So how is your plant doing? I bet it is growing quickly...

Yes it is!

Here's an update

All the fuzz is gone and the surface is starting to get some texture

And there's plenty more still coming

The trellis is a heavy decorative spiral metal stand... it's not bendable at all. I have to pay attention and get any fruit from the inside and weave it through to the outside so it doesn't grow to big and I can't remove it from the center.

 

[feathermaid]

I just want to say this is exciting. I had mystery sprouts in my garden this year too. They didn't look like any of the weeds in my yard so I have been letting them grow and biding my time. A few sprouted flowers this week and it turns out my pollinators that I planted last year, while weren't perennials, re-seeded and are thriving and came back on their own! Good luck!

What kind of pollinators are you talking about? I was thinking bees, but you don't plant those

 

[Criticalicious]

Looks like watermelon with a cantaloupe rind. Curious to learn what's inside these!

 

[BreanneRN]

Oh Wow! That melon has grown! Interesting, it is kind of developing some cantaloupe style white webbing on it at this point... But it doesn't look totally cantaloupe, there is something else in there... This is exciting! And yeah, I can see your trellis now, and it is really heavy duty!

 

[lazy gardener]

Do a google search for Chanterais melons.

 

[feathermaid]

Looks like watermelon with a cantaloupe rind. Curious to learn what's inside these!

Yes... I'm just wondering how much longer I have to wait!

Oh Wow! That melon has grown! Interesting, it is kind of developing some cantaloupe style white webbing on it at this point... But it doesn't look totally cantaloupe, there is something else in there... This is exciting! And yeah, I can see your trellis now, and it is really heavy duty!

Do a google search for Chanterais melons.

Ahhh... Chanterais look wonderful!
I have no idea where that kind of sprout would have come from... except...
maybe I bought one at the market once and fed some to my chickens...
which they pooped out and it went to the compost bin...
then the compost got added to my garden this spring...

If these are the same thing I would be ecstatic! They're like super sweet cantaloupe that melts in your mouth.... yummm!

 

[BreanneRN]

I think it might already be bigger than the Chanterais (or is it Charentais?), looks to be close to 6 inches now?