Question: Please help identifying this vine. Located in New London county, CT. It sprouted in a line in the veggie garden …
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Please help identifying this vine. Located in New London county, CT. It sprouted in a line in the veggie garden and after 10 weeks has not produced flowers. It is fast growing, the leaves look similar to the squash family, the base of the plant is thin not thick like squash and has attracted the squash/cucumber beetle that is eating on the leaves. Thanks, Betsy
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Dear Betsy, I cannot see enough details of this plant to give you a confident answer. It may have been a contaminant in the seed and certainly does appear to be a member of the Cucurbitaceae (as you noted). The leaves most look like Cucurbita melo to me, which is the name of winter squashes (e.g., acorn squash, Hubbard squash). Best wishes.
