First time gardener. Planned to only do herbs and tomatoes, but added zucchini on a whim. It’s been storming everyday here for the last several days and I walked outside to find this monster. Is it safe to eat if I cut the end part off?
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Ginger_Snaps_Back
I’ve never seen anything like that! It doesn’t look rotten, more like some sort of mutation/deformation on the blossom end. Very interesting!
AiresStrawberries
Show us more when you cut it!!!
tulipdom
It reminds me of those little mutations you get inside peppers sometimes
galileosmiddlefinger
It’s a hermaphrodite flower with both male and female flower components. Happens occasionally with cucurbits, but always a bit creepy when it does. 🙂 Cut off the gnarly bits, but otherwise it’s fine to eat.
mecavtp
Looks like the flower was begining to grow out the end. Should be good to eat all of it including the growth.
Neither_Specific3859
This one of those freaky things that you don’t wanna see but can’t take your eyes off when you see it. It looks like the zucchini is reproducing. 😬 It *seems* okay to eat but it looks so freaky I’m not sure i would be able to bring myself to eat it 😂
idontknowotimdoing
You’re picking the courgettes too late, they shouldn’t be that size, they’ll be flavourless and have huge seeds
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Ballstonfartknuckles
It looks a bit old for harvesting, as well as the water schedule being inconsistent. Zuchinni is a fantastic producer, but try to keep it on a picking and watering schedule
ORTAGGIchepassione
😅😂😂 yes I want to see the cut too 🍀
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Hildringa
I have no idea whats happening here but it looks… painful
littlebluebird555
Did it suddenly get hot and humid where you are? This is a hermaphroditic flower, it’s fine to eat, I swear curcubits put off more weird flowers in the hottest parts of summer
We’ve been after this guy for a while, he’s going to be locked away for a long, long time….
TheSecretIsMarmite
Ah, vegetable gardening can sometimes really throw you a curve ball. It’s a rather confused courgette/zucchini but I suspect you can just lop off the bit that looks like it’s trying to give birth and eat the rest of it without a problem. It would be interesting to see a cross section though if you fancy cutting it lengthways.
AngryGardener1312
It may be okay, but im not okay with how it makes me feel to look at it
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I’ve never seen anything like that! It doesn’t look rotten, more like some sort of mutation/deformation on the blossom end. Very interesting!
Show us more when you cut it!!!
It reminds me of those little mutations you get inside peppers sometimes
It’s a hermaphrodite flower with both male and female flower components. Happens occasionally with cucurbits, but always a bit creepy when it does. 🙂 Cut off the gnarly bits, but otherwise it’s fine to eat.
Looks like the flower was begining to grow out the end. Should be good to eat all of it including the growth.
This one of those freaky things that you don’t wanna see but can’t take your eyes off when you see it. It looks like the zucchini is reproducing. 😬 It *seems* okay to eat but it looks so freaky I’m not sure i would be able to bring myself to eat it 😂
You’re picking the courgettes too late, they shouldn’t be that size, they’ll be flavourless and have huge seeds
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It looks a bit old for harvesting, as well as the water schedule being inconsistent. Zuchinni is a fantastic producer, but try to keep it on a picking and watering schedule
😅😂😂 yes I want to see the cut too 🍀
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I have no idea whats happening here but it looks… painful
Did it suddenly get hot and humid where you are? This is a hermaphroditic flower, it’s fine to eat, I swear curcubits put off more weird flowers in the hottest parts of summer
Baboon butt zucchini
i mean, there’s nothing that looks nasty🤷♂️
Why does it look like a prolapse?
https://preview.redd.it/2i6pecyju1df1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b628835c0b7ffb4c048f03aca6d7aaadbb9ec3c2
Same thing happened with mine!!! 🤣 I was gonna ask y’all too but OP beat me to it lol
You can eat it. Like, it won’t make you sick, but they usually taste like crap when they get that big imo.
Tag me when u cut it and post it lmao I need to see this
I’m afraid you’ve got a *Dr. Hannibal Lecter* cucumber there, OP!
We’ve been after this guy for a while, he’s going to be locked away for a long, long time….
Ah, vegetable gardening can sometimes really throw you a curve ball. It’s a rather confused courgette/zucchini but I suspect you can just lop off the bit that looks like it’s trying to give birth and eat the rest of it without a problem. It would be interesting to see a cross section though if you fancy cutting it lengthways.
It may be okay, but im not okay with how it makes me feel to look at it