[UrbanCropCircle] question for when you have time...

[Ingela Wanerstrand]

We have listserv ,one of the purposes of which is to help each other 
with questions exactly like this.
Here's the link:
http:// urbancropcircle at lists.sustainableballard.org
~Ingela

Ingela Wanerstrand
Garden & Natural Environment Guild Coordinator
Sustainable Ballard
ingela at sustainableballard.org

On Aug 25, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Zebert, Diane wrote:

> Hi Ingela,
> I should have asked you last night at the meeting, but I didn’t think 
> about it.
>  
> I am growing squash in my p-patch. I have a winter Kobayoshi (sp) 
> squash, a spaghetti squash, a patty pan type, a crook neck and 
> zucchini.
>  
> Now, the crook neck I don’t think is a crook neck since it does not 
> have the knobby skin; it looks more like a Trombocini (sp). My 
> zucchini, I kept waiting and waiting and nothing was happening. I was 
> going…..hey; everyone grows zucchini and has it come in by the 
> boat-load. What Gives?
>  
> Anyway, I now have harvested from my zucchini plant….it looks like a 
> zucchini in color and skin type but is shaped like the Trombocini.
> Thinking through this, I am assuming that the Trombocini and zucchini 
> have cross-pollinated. I have heard that this can happen.
> Do you think this is what I am experiencing? It is the weirdest 
> looking zucchini.  Haven’t tried it yet, will do that sometime at the 
> end of the week. I am a little behind in eating up my produce.
>  
> If this is some kind of cross-pollination, can I save seeds and try 
> and grow it next year?
>  
> I’ll take some pictures tonight. I’ve been documenting this year’s 
> work via photos.
>  
> Anyway, I thank you in advance for reading this and I hope you have 
> some ideas for me.
> Diane
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