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We had the tastiest muskmelon last year from the farmers market so we saved the seeds. I Was so excited with all of the flowers and we were hand pollinating them. Then this:

Clearly this is not a musk melon but a cucumber. lol
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On the upside musk melons are terrible pickles. That is hilarious
 
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hahahaha what a funny incident. Thank God it is a cucumber. what if it is another kind of poisonous plant?
 
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