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Anyone want to play "What's Growing in my Compost"?

smurfetteinredsmurfetteinred
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It's time for another rousing game of What's Been Growing in my Compost!

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These are several individual plants not one long vine. 

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I'm kind of pulling for cantaloupe so I can dig it up and plant it! 

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  • smurfetteinredsmurfetteinred
    Oh and yes, our compost is a repurposed recalled crib.
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  • mooetamooeta member
    that's a brilliant use  for a recalled crib.
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  • triumphantreturnofplanningbugtriumphantreturnofplanningbug
    Are the leaves slightly fuzzy with little angry-ish hairs, bumpy, or smooth?
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  • queenie521queenie521 member
    I'd say its either a melon or a squash. 
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  • HippinskiHippinski

    LOVE the use of a crib.  Farking brilliant!

    I can't grow shitz.  But man can I cook it. Wink

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  • smurfetteinredsmurfetteinred

    imagemooeta:
    that's a brilliant use  for a recalled crib.

    Thanks! We kept debating what to do with all the pieces once we'd sent the hardware in. We were afraid that if we put it out at the curb for garbage pickup that someone would try to put it back together with random hardware and use it. It was actually dh's idea which is a bit shocking considering how he likes his yard! 

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  • smurfetteinredsmurfetteinred

    imagetriumphantreturnofplanningbug:
    Are the leaves slightly fuzzy with little angry-ish hairs, bumpy, or smooth?

    Running back outside to check . . .

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  • PoonicoPoonico member

    great idea and yes, totally a melon is my guess

    we have a tomato plant in ours :|  it's huge

    thankfully warm weather is on and we'll be turning soon, lol

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  • smurfetteinredsmurfetteinred
    imagesmurfetteinred:

    imagetriumphantreturnofplanningbug:
    Are the leaves slightly fuzzy with little angry-ish hairs, bumpy, or smooth?

    Running back outside to check . . .

    Ok, leaves are not fuzzy but the stem is. There are two different leaves - the bottom two are oval shaped, thicker/ firmer and more smooth. The top leaf is shaped like a spade and when I touched it, was sort of crinkly like tissue paper.

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  • triumphantreturnofplanningbugtriumphantreturnofplanningbug

    If it were going to be a butternut squash invasion, all the leaves would be that sort of hairy/spiky on the top. It could be that the smaller ones are just new growth, but I'm not sure on that--we've had squash, strawberries, and some random shoots that never took (and none looked like the pictures or felt like your description), but never melon. So I hope you have a melon!

    If/when you transplant it, do so at the beginning or end of the day--it's more likely to react violently and die that way than if you just grab a little spade and go to town mid-day :)

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  • HippinskiHippinski

    imagesmurfetteinred:
    It was actually dh's idea which is a bit shocking considering how he likes his yard! 

    Now that is the best part for sure!  See...you are rubbing off on him and there is still hope.

     

    Now...what's the hope that I need to find you a new crib for a new compost bin for your new place in MN? Wink

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  • smurfetteinredsmurfetteinred
    imagetriumphantreturnofplanningbug:

    If/when you transplant it, do so at the beginning or end of the day--it's more likely to react violently and die that way than if you just grab a little spade and go to town mid-day :)

    Thanks for the tip! 

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  • renee143renee143 member
    ditto melon or squash...time will tell!  mystery garden..fun!
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  • goodgalpalgoodgalpal member
    My first thought was squash.
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  • KLF01KLF01
    We too have a mystery plant (actually about 20) popping up from our compost pile. I pulled one up and suspect ours is a pumpkin. Looks similar to yours, but ours aren't as big as yours, just 2 inch sprouts. Report back when you solve the mystery!
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