Not unlike mammals, really.
Sprout 🌱
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CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 1 month ago
They do have nice leaves.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And feathers
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I am having this problem right now. My kids made it rain cucumber, pumpkin, and honey nut squash seeds in the garden. I can’t tell what should have a trellis and what needs to be on the ground
CatAssTrophy@safest.space 1 month ago
Just trellis all of it and if you notice any growing into a pumpkin shape, add a sling support tied to the trellis to hold the weight of the fruit.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
That’s very helpful, thank you! I’m going to try for option 1 if I can help it, though unfortunately these cucumbers had a pretty prickly stem last year. At worst, it’s all getting trellised. What would you use for a sling support if they are too far along to un-trellis?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
honey nut squash vine
What’s next, a cherry pear corn scrub?
Uli@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Trellis the lot of it. What could go wrong?
abaddon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Taking Vegetation of North America instead of Physics 2, as a science elective, was one of my worst college choices. Forestry students had multiple classes that overlapped while the handful of us CS majors simple had to wonder if the TA was messing with us when they picked up a twig in class and asked “what tree is this from”.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You must cotyledon your mind.
Doug@piefed.social 1 month ago
Leaves of two, whoop dee doo!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Leaves of seven, learn how to rhyme
spinne@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’m having flashbacks to parasitology lab. Every damn thing looks the same!
notsure@fedia.io 1 month ago
...those squash all look the same, i hope they don't ruin the neighborhood.../s
polydactyl@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hilarious that they switched the pumpkin and summer squash and no one has commented on that yet
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Mines normally dandelions
eddanja@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cannabis?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 month ago
eudicots basically.
tae_glas@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
i can’t tell the early dicot leaves of p much any plant apart 🫣
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Or monocot leaves tbh
Lussy@hexbear.net 1 month ago
Is it racist to say they all look the same?
Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Why are there no wild pumpkins, cucumbers etc. growing? I never sawanuy of these randomly grow in nature, but they have to have been there.
Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Apparently the wild forms are native to Mexico and South America, so none growing in Europe or the US. Also, it is one of the earliest domesticated plant families - cultivated beginning more than 8,000 years ago - so the domestic varieties overwhelmingly outnumber the wild ones. From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita
C. argyrosperma is not as widespread as the other species. The wild form C. a. subsp. sororia is found from Mexico to Nicaragua.
The origin of C. ficifolia is Latin America, most likely southern Mexico, Central America, or the Andes. It grows at elevations ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 meters (3,300 to 9,800 ft) in areas with heavy rainfall.
C. maxima originated in South America over 4,000 years ago, probably in Argentina and Uruguay.
C. moschata is native to Latin America, but the precise location of origin is uncertain. It has been present in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Peru for 4,000–6,000 years and has spread to Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.
C. pepo is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, domesticated species with the oldest known locations being Oaxaca, Mexico, 8,000–10,000 years ago.
The domesticated forms of C. pepo have larger fruits than non-domesticated forms and seeds that are larger but fewer in number.BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
There is several wild cucurbitacae in the Caribbean, for example you can find this one:
It’s called “Ti konkonm” which mean small cucumber in creole
8oow3291d@feddit.dk 1 month ago
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
We tend to evolve wild plants in a way they can’t compete in the wild. That being said I’m not sure how we did that for those in particular.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Missouri has five native species of Cucurbitaceae.
The_v@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That is a picture of cucumis melo.
sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 1 month ago
i’m not pronouncing that cracka crap
Gork@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I learn so much on here.