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Originally Posted by Starlight
Dumb question here, but how can it be a pumpkin and a squash at the same time?
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Botanically there is no distinction between a 'pumpkin' and a 'squash'.
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Originally Posted by Starlight
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.
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What you heard is an erroneous mutation of what really happens. If you grow a pumpkin and a squash together, pollen from one will fertilize the other. This will have no impact at all on the fruit produced by both plants. It will impact the children of both plants, but this is only a factor if you're saving seeds for growing next year.