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    Cucurbit I'd - help please!

    Wonder if anyone can help, I've got a plant growing wild in the inherited greenhouse that appears to be some form of cucurbit. It's getting rather large and not sure if I should pull it out, cut it back or leave it.

    Can anyone tell if its a good cucurbit, or a nasty weedy type? Have tried a few apps but they're not getting me past curcubitaceae as a genus. Click image for larger version Name: 1556535226776.JPEG Views: 1 Size: 93.9 KB ID: 2407362
    Last edited by mrmauy; 29-04-2019, 10:56 AM. Reason: Sorry about the I'd not ID - stupid phone
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  • #2
    Could be a Grape vine.

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    • #3
      At the moment it's more like a triffid VC - trying to take over the greenhouse inside and out.

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      • #4
        Sounds even more like a grape!

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        • #5
          The flowers appear to be a mono-stem as opposed to a bunch - I'm not aware of any grapes that grew that way.

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          • #6
            Sorry, I thought the flower was from another plant!

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            • #7
              Figleaf gourd or bitter melon?

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              • #8
                nope, the flowers are definitely on that triffid

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                • #9
                  Thanks Thelma, are they good eating? From the sounds of it I should leave it alone and see what it produces - just hope it leaves enough space for the toms and chillies

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                  • #10
                    Looks like White Bryony to me, if so it is poisonous so don't go taste testing it :-) Quite common in the hedges around here and in my wilderness garden.

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                    • #11
                      Just googled it Nick, it does look suspiciously like that - and there is a hedge along the north edge of the plot so it could well have come from there. I think the most sensible thing will be to clear it out so the kids don't grab anything potentially poisonous from the gh.

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