These are growing in my neighbor's yard. What is it? I'm hoping for watermelon - he says pumpkin. The plant is huge and rapidly taking over the whole yard - any chance it isan alien invasion? Oh - the thing is about 8" long.
Pumpkin, Watermelon or Alien Invader?
Basketball.
Oh no! I've seen this - that is you!
Guys - I'm serious - what is it. [whining now]
You didn't touch it did you?
That is a pumpkin Wally's mom.
Uh huh!
There are pumpkins everywhere, then - in my neighbor's yard, eating my compost pile alive. I guess we will just have to invite the neighbor's children over to pick them!
Watch out for those children in the corn too - jeez .
Oh yes, and a lovely looking pumpkin it is!
OH NO it is the invasion of the BIG FAT squash!!!!!
Halloween at Cat's house!!
I sharpened this pic up for Victor and his old eyes, I'm starting to get worried.
Love the horns!
It definately is not an alien invader. The alien plants are pods, not gourds or squash. Their days to maturity is little more than one weekend. Also the alien pods are elongated and a lighter green color (sometimes they are in black & white). The alien pods are much, much more prolific than what you describe as well.
So you are a professional then Dave? LOL
I've had some experience. I've been trying to get my state to put the alien pods on the list of invasive species but they won't listen.
I think I know why.
ROFL!!!!
Excellent work David!!
They only get you when you fall asleep! :>0
Now I'm really scared. In the picture Al sharpened there is a little plant at the lower right hand corner with kind of a three lobed leaf. Anyone know what that is? It just looks like it should be a salad to me.
Take a bite and see, heh...
now THAT is some phunni stuph!!!
You could probably fit into that thing AYankeeCat is growing LOL
Definitely a pumpkin
OK - I'm going to use my whining voice again - what is the little plant at the bottom right of the picture. It keeps telling me to eat it!
Does it also tell you to walk toward the light?
No - does that mean it is safe to eat?
NO! You could turn into one of them if you eat it!!!
YankeeCat.....let's look at this calmly and rationally.
If we were squash-like alien life forms looking to take over the planet earth, what would we do?
Find a central location to start of course. Bridgeport, Connecticut would be perfect. Right off I-95. Close to major airports and ports. Find someone with a garden in Bridgeport and put down your first roots there.
Makes sure that person posts on Dave's Garden too. The New England forum in particular because it has lots of posts and replies. After all, what better place for a space alien plant to disseminate itself to a wide audience than here?
This message was edited Aug 27, 2007 12:33 AM
I tend not to eat unidentifiable vegetation. I remember walking with my mother. We passed a wild fig tree [there are quite a few near her that must have originated from a neighbor's tree]. She was so thrilled that she took some fruit and started eating it. As a joke [the evil daughter that I am] I said, "Are you sure that's a fig?" She gave me a very funny look and spit everything out. I almost wet my pants!!!
Wet pants... isn't that a sign....?
I think the sign is wet paint . . .
Yankee THIS is what should be in your salad
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