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Post by aineo on Jul 3, 2014 14:42:50 GMT -5
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Post by copse on Jul 3, 2014 15:38:30 GMT -5
These are not links to images. If you click on them, note they have a dropbox banner at the top with a download link. This additional froufrou means they are links to web pages, and so you can't use them to embed images. This is Dropbox wasting our time with nonsense. What you need to do when you have one of these links, is change 'www' to 'dl'. This downloads the image directly. e.g.
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Post by aineo on Jul 3, 2014 15:43:13 GMT -5
Thanks Copse!
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 3, 2014 17:49:37 GMT -5
I am growing a squash this year of which I do not the species. Looks like a mixta or moschata to me because of the speckled leaves. I'm leaning more towards mixta because the leaves seem less hairy... Do you have seeds still? If the surface is all cracked then mixta.
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Post by aineo on Jul 3, 2014 19:05:47 GMT -5
I am growing a squash this year of which I do not the species. Looks like a mixta or moschata to me because of the speckled leaves. I'm leaning more towards mixta because the leaves seem less hairy... Do you have seeds still? If the surface is all cracked then mixta. Here are some more pics, including the seeds: A female flower showing the little leaves underneath it: The stigma: A squash that is a few weeks old: The stem of the squash connecting to the vine: Another newly pollinated female flower showing the leaves underneath (it seems I read that was important, but I can't find the reference now.) A closeup of a leaf: And finally, the seeds:
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 3, 2014 19:24:19 GMT -5
If possible how about a photo of where the stem attaches to the squash? I'm interested in seeing both the texture and the shape of the stem and how it connects to the fruit.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jul 3, 2014 19:28:36 GMT -5
Those don't look like argyrosperma (mixta) seeds. I'd say that's a moschata. Especially since its going to be a pumpkin-shaped squash, I'd have expected to see really big corky seeds if it was an argyrosperma. Most of the round argyrospermas are grown for the seeds vs the fruit flesh.
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Post by aineo on Jul 3, 2014 19:40:11 GMT -5
If possible how about a photo of where the stem attaches to the squash? I'm interested in seeing both the texture and the shape of the stem and how it connects to the fruit. Here you go:
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Post by aineo on Jul 3, 2014 19:41:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies so far.
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Post by Ecophreek on Jul 7, 2014 2:05:04 GMT -5
Looks like a moschata from the stem shape. JMHO Or is it pepo that is pentagonal? I think I just confused myself
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Post by aineo on Jul 7, 2014 12:43:56 GMT -5
I was hoping to get a definitive answer, but it seems this may continue as the elusive species.
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Post by philagardener on Jul 7, 2014 18:15:29 GMT -5
Well, it sounds if you hand pollinate a flower with pollen from a known moschata you would have a pretty good answer one way or the other :>)
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Post by aineo on Jul 8, 2014 8:15:42 GMT -5
Well, it sounds if you hand pollinate a flower with pollen from a known moschata you would have a pretty good answer one way or the other :>) This is a good idea. I am not growing another moschata, but I am gonna ask around and see if I can find someone who is.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 8, 2014 17:21:49 GMT -5
Sorry for loosing track of this thread... Based on the peduncle attachment and the seeds I've settled on Moschata.
Pepo peduncles tend to be star shaped, while moschata tend to be pentagonal with a flare where the stem attaches to the fruit. Mixta peduncles tend towards corkiness and non-flared.
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Post by zeedman on Jul 8, 2014 22:00:33 GMT -5
Ditto on C. moschata.
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