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Starlight · February 9, 2015

Thank you for the link. I went to it and in the title it says pumpkin, winter squash.

Dumb question here, but how can it be a pumpkin and a squash at the same time?

I also heard, and have no idea if it is true or not, that if you plant pumpkin next to your squash, that they will become like a pumpkin and be hard and I think stringy is the other word the person used.

So I still not sure what I have and where to plant it. I have some new cultivars to try this year of squash. New for me anyways and I sure don't want to have them turn into pumpkins. I want fresh, good tasting squash this year if possible, not a Cinderella coach.

February 9, 2015	#3
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Thank you for the link. I went to it and in the title it says pumpkin, winter squash. Dumb question here, but how can it be a pumpkin and a squash at the same time? I also heard, and have no idea if it is true or not, that if you plant pumpkin next to your squash, that they will become like a pumpkin and be hard and I think stringy is the other word the person used. So I still not sure what I have and where to plant it. I have some new cultivars to try this year of squash. New for me anyways and I sure don't want to have them turn into pumpkins. I want fresh, good tasting squash this year if possible, not a Cinderella coach.