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ID this squash-like plant?

 
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A volunteer squash(?) with round leaves and tiny flours.

I've only grown cucumbers and Max-squash in this location before, so I'm guessing the seeds are from the compost.  

What kind of plant this is?  Will it be tasty?  

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looks a lot like a cantaloupe plant, judging by the flowers you should soon have some baby fruits for a positive ID.

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The shape of the fruit at the base of the female flowers will give you a hint--round? Oblong? Long?

Also, most female squash blossoms will have four lobes in the center while melons will probably have three.

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Bryant RedHawk wrote:looks a lot like a cantaloupe plant, judging by the flowers you should soon have some baby fruits for a positive ID.

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I hope so.  I love cantaloupe!

I didn't know I could grow it here.

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That sure looks like our cantaloupe look just forming. I'll cross my fingers for you (some of our pumpkin babies are similar to our cantaloupe, but as they grow you end up knowing which is which).
We tag our plantings but some seeds always seem to end up just landing on the "yard" and those we get to guess about what they are until they show us.

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