Yello Gourd Squash

[jensgotfaith]

My mom has some "volunteer" plants that my dad has identified as yellow gourd squah- the kind that has all the little bumps. I've tried looking but haven't had success with finding out if they are safe to feed to Sulcatas. I am also wondering if the leaves would be ok. Funny thing- my parents have absolutely no idea where these plants came from or how they got started growing. they were actually hoping hey were the regular yellow squabble. Thanks for your help!

 

[yagyujubei]

Gourds are different than squash. If you've eaten them, then I'm sure they're fine. Otherwise, a pic might help identification.

 

[dmarcus]

I was thinking that they were different than a squash, I saw a show once where they made ornaments out of Gourds...

 

[Yvonne G]

Does it look like this:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=croo...w.recipetips.com/glossary-term/t--33216/crook

This is crook-neck squash and its edible.

 

[DixieParadise]

Yvonne, I was going to suggest the same thing. I think they might be talking about the crook-necked squash or the yellow summer squash.

 

[jensgotfaith]

Does it look like this:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=croo...w.recipetips.com/glossary-term/t--33216/crook

This is crook-neck squash and its edible.

Thanks Yvonne- I was waiting for your response! You never disappoint. I haven't seen the gourd since it was very small and then it looked like a yellow summer squash. I'll have my parents take a look at the photo and compare it to their plant. If this is what it is are the leaves edible for torts as well?

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Sorry for all the misspellings in my original post. Sometimes the smartphone is a godsend, sometimes not so much- at least in the way of the darn keyboard.

 

[Yvonne G]

Yes the leaves are also edible.