You can't help scratching your head....

[DirtMechanic]

Looks like root hairs on the stem?

 

[David from Dothan]

Looks like root hairs on the stem?

It is......it's a VERY "hairy" plant.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Well I suspect a jumper seed then. I noticed today when I was seeding the fall garden that the dried seeds had a mind of their own as to where they were going as they came out of that little bag. Must be true at the seed nursery too.

 

[David from Dothan]

STILL has me stumped......

 

[Chuck]

If I didn't know better I'd swear it is a watermelon. Google watermelon leaf images and see if anything looks familiar.

 

[David from Dothan]

I know ANYTHING is possible, but I haven't, even, had any watermelon seeds to get "mixed in".......the seed this plant came from was a teeny-tiny seed........

 

[Chuck]

I know ANYTHING is possible, but I haven't, even, had any watermelon seeds to get "mixed in".......the seed this plant came from was a teeny-tiny seed........

Google the leaves. The seed could have come from just about anywhere. Not saying it is a watermelon but it sure looks like one. And a watermelon is hairy too. And not all watermelons are vines, some are bush types.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Well you started this thread so give me the latest pic and....


Not just top down..

Sidey waze also.

 

[David from Dothan]

Well you started this thread so give me the latest pic and....


Not just top down..

Sidey waze also.

Will do, in the a.m........tomorrow.

 

[David from Dothan]

Google the leaves. The seed could have come from just about anywhere. Not saying it is a watermelon but it sure looks like one. And a watermelon is hairy too. And not all watermelons are vines, some are bush types.

I've lived all my life in peanut/watermelon country and I NEVER knew there were bush varieties of watermelons. Since I've never had the room available to grow vining watermelons (or cantaloupes).......I have never cruised those sections in seed catalogs. While this thread is about a "mystery plant".......this extra knowledge is, indeed, a bonus.

 

[Chuck]

I've lived all my life in peanut/watermelon country and I NEVER knew there were bush varieties of watermelons. Since I've never had the room available to grow vining watermelons (or cantaloupes).......I have never cruised those sections in seed catalogs. While this thread is about a "mystery plant".......this extra knowledge is, indeed, a bonus.

Yep, there are bush types although I can't say bush is the correct term. Last year I grew Jubilee Bush watermelon and the "bush" is a small compact vine with a diameter of about 4 feet which is a lot smaller than the Crimson Sweet I also grew. My Jubilees got to be about 15-18 lbs.

 

[David from Dothan]

Well you started this thread so give me the latest pic and....


Not just top down..

Sidey waze also.

Here ya go......as promised......

 

[DirtMechanic]

So weird! No idea.

 

[Chuck]

Here ya go......as promised......View attachment 46370

From this view it doesn't look like a watermelon. Not a clue

 

[DirtMechanic]

Is it developing hollow stems like a curcubit?