The seed packet clearly said "cucumbers". It even had a picture of a standard, green cucumber on it.
So what in the name of all that is holy is this fine specimen growing in our garden? What happened????
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Semi Silent Saturday- what the heck is this?
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OK, this looks like ours, except ours are green and kind of have a curly end. Why am I so afraid to eat them??? lol
ReplyDeleteMaybe we have the same thing but our soil is bad and yours is good...
ReplyDeleteI am absolutely afraid to eat them, girl!
Do you have your cucumbers planted near your squash? If so they will cross breed and you can't eat them.
ReplyDeleteGreat book for gardens. http://www.amazon.com/Carrots-Love-Tomatoes-Companion-Successful/dp/1580170277/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313858597&sr=1-1
ReplyDeletei would be so curious to know what it taste like, and then find out what it was second.
ReplyDeleteSomeone assured us that they are delicious, so when it stops raining, I think I'll hop back out there and pick what we have so far :)
ReplyDeleteI smell a vlog...
ReplyDeleteCould it be a lemon cucumber? http://www.underwoodgardens.com/True-Lemon-Cucumber-Cucumis-sativus/productinfo/V1045/ We almost bought one back when we started planting our garden...it kind of looks different from what you're growing, but maybe?
ReplyDeleteIt's a cuke. Ours do that when they 1) get over-ripe, 2) get too much water. I think it's kinda like a cucumber revolt. They don't like something, so they swell up and turn yellow. They'll taste NASTY. Don't eat it. :P You'll likely get more perfectly normal looking cukes of the same vine, so don't dig it up or anything.
ReplyDeletePut on thick gloves, grab it and toss it. It's a mutant.
ReplyDeleteI would run screaming if I saw that 'cucumber'. :)
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog via FTLOB and I'm already cracking up. That's the scariest veggie I've ever seen. Run away!
ReplyDeleteX-men cucumbers. yummy.
ReplyDeleteOMG it's a mutant! If you eat it you MIGHT get superpowers. But I can't take responsibility for any side effects!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA!!! Now you need a garden marker that says UNKNOWN variety! I'd try it, I'm down! I'm thinking the soil acidic levels were off, it didn't like something, or...it cross bred. Either way, maybe it'll taste lovely. Super powers would be an added bonus! ROFL
ReplyDeleteIf there is even a CHANCE of super powers, I am totally in.
ReplyDeleteStay tuned for the eating of the mutant/potentially disgusting/potentially delicious "cucumbers"!
It's a world gone mad! Cucumbers and squash cross-breeding? Is it the end of days?
ReplyDeleteWAIT! Did you eat this? What in the world did it look like on the inside?
ReplyDeleteNever fear, my friend. There will be careful documentation of the opening and consumption of this fine specimen!
ReplyDeleteOMG Dweej I just realized I am SO far behind. Did you really post this almost 3 weeks ago? I'm catching up on my House Unseen reading (I know, Heaven forbid I let it get this far,) and I'm like, hey, bonus! All these cliffhangers (i.e., how many eggs the chickens are now laying, what the beep was that weird lookin' veggie, etc.) will most likely come to fruition within one big, happy, blog catch-up day! Woot, woot!
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