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Why did my pumpkin plant make a zukini?

I got the pumpkin seeds(in a pumpkin) from one of those pumpkins you get a one of those roadside stands. I planted it it looked like a pumpkin plant it had pumpkin flowers but when it made the fruit it was a zukini. I do not have any zukinis in my garden. What do you pewople not understand! I said I got them from inside a punpkin I took them out my self!

Public Comments

1. You obviously were given zucchini seeds.
2. Apparently it was a zucinni seed. Impossible to get a zucinni plant from a pumpkin seed.
3. Your pumkini has to do with cross pollination and genetics. The same thing happened to me this year with squash seeds from a squash I bought at a farmers' market last year. To my surprise, I have lots of squash but none that resemble the parent and each one is unique. I thought it would be a great genetics demonstration for a teacher. If you want to read a more precise answer to your question, visit pumpkinnook.com on the web. That's where I went for my answers. Very informational. Hope this helps. Linda G.