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Squash Volunteer in Compost Pile

The fast-growing, prickly-stemmed plant with large leaves is a squash from discarded seeds. It may not match the parent due to cross-pollination. Fruit is edible when tender.

About Gardening: Composting Squash Plants with Caterpillar Damage: Safe Practices; Ti Plant (Cordyline) Watering: Moist, Not Wet; Spring Compost Application: Side-Dress, Don't Smother; Camellia Sasanqua in a Pot: Leaf Spot, Bud Drop, and Repotting Fixes; Sudden Squash Death: Squash Vine Borer Suspect; First-Year Squash Problems: Speckled Leaves, Yellow Fruit, Rotting; Identifying and Using a Mystery Squash Vine in the Garden; Powdery Mildew on Summer Squash: Baking Soda Spray and Milk Treatment; Diagnosing Squash Vine Collapse: Borers, Wilt, and Bugs; Late Summer Squash Replanting

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