thinking about the person on the whatisthisplant subreddit yesterday who had never been able to grow anything successfully in a garden but last year their dog stole a whole acorn squash of their table to run outside and play with it like it was a ball and now they have acorn squash growing in their backyard. dispersal via dog toy shape
Had to detangle the cucamelons. Important tip: do Not keep gourds (and other vines) indoors longer than you have to. They will get tangled in everything. 😭
Also: bonus cute flower with gourdlet attached!
Cucurbitaceae have separate sexes for their flowers. The ones with the tiny undeveloped fruit are the ones with the ovaries that will develop into full fruit. The ones without are the pistillate flowers that only produce pollen. This is also why gourds are not self pollinating and require a pollinator.