This popped up in my compost pile

[SheriDi]

I am wondering if this (the large variegated leaf) is a potato plant as I dumped a bunch of potatoes in the pile late last year. The vine produces flowers, but the flowers fall off without producing any kind of fruit.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Looks more like something in the marrow family, zucchini? You could be getting male flowers if they have longish stalks.

 

[SheriDi]

I looked up pictures of zucchini and they do look similar but the growth pattern seems to be different. This grows very much like a watermelon with very long vines.

 

[pepper]

I looked up pictures of zucchini and they do look similar but the growth pattern seems to be different. This grows very much like a watermelon with very long vines.

It looks like watermelon to me, or something similar

 

[pepper]

Or maybe not. Maybe this will help, I don't grow any kind of that stuff, too much mildew. If you zoom in you can see what each leaf is.

 

[pepper]

Maybe a squash of some kind.

 

[SheriDi]

Yes Pepper, it does look like some kind of squash. I'll see if it ever fruits!

Thank you.

 

[pepper]

Yes Pepper, it does look like some kind of squash. I'll see if it ever fruits!

Thank you.

Squash is delicious, both summer and winter squash. Let us know what you get if it fruits

 

[SheriDi]

Will do!

 

[YumYum]

Looks like Pepper has the same variety of squash you do.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

if it has grown from seed it may not be exactly true to type. Another wait and see.

 

[pepper]

Looks like Pepper has the same variety of squash you do.

It's not my pic, I should have mentioned that. I got it off the net just for a picture to compare squash to the o.p's pic. I didn't grow any squash this year and I am kind of regretting that now.

 

[Mystic Moon Tree]

Squash family for sure.