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Squash or Melon or what?

comments (2) September 28th, 2012 in gallery
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Got this as a gift from a friend, it's grown some fruit, which has ridges and a slightly fuzzy skin. What is it? Is it a kind of squash or melon? When should it be harvested? Please help.

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Plantjohn60 writes: I think you have a Courgette Tronboncino. A tall twining courgette, with large open yellow flowers and long, slightly curved fruit. Available at most seed merchants but I get mine from Seeds of Italy. I grow mine in a polytunnel and it will reach 18-20 ft in length/height and produce 15-20 long fruits. Posted: 5:49 am on December 4th
Jenion writes: Could be a louffa gourd. Posted: 4:40 am on September 29th
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