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OK, one gold star to whoever can help me with this.
I have a volunteer winter squash that resembles a small pumpkin (roughly 5 inches in height and diameter) that's all white. Not a white white, but more the off-white of a mature patty pan squash. It has the vertical grooves typical of a pumpkin, but they are very shallow. The skin is, in fact, almost smooth and even.
I have no idea where the seed came from (possibly from an off-site addition to the compost pile?), but one plant (which divided into several runners) has produced 9 of these squash.
There has been no change in size or color for at least a month. The leaves have died back, but the vine stems are still green. The squash stems aren't corky yet, but the skins are hard enough that I can't pierce them with a thumbnail.
So, my questions are:
1. Anybody got a clue as to what this squash might be?
2. Should I harvest them now, or wait until the stems turn corky? We've had one very light frost, and they aren't predicting another one real soon.
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