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Re: Vegetable plants i.d.

On Fri 17 Apr, Linda wrote:
> Hi to all,
> 
> I'm new to the veggie list, also new to vegetable gardening this year.  I
> planted 4 cucumbers and 4 zucchini squash in peat pots, then got them mixed
> up before I got the labels in.  Altogether, 5 plants came up... and I can't
> tell which ones are cucumbers and which ones are zucchini.  2 of them are a
> little bigger and have noticeably thicker stems than the other 3, yet the
> leaves on all 5 are real similar.  They all broke soil within a couple of
> days of each other, also.  I suspect the 2 with the thicker stems are
> probably zucchini, but I'm not at all sure and it will make a big difference
> when I set them out as to what kind of spacing they get.  Help would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Linda
> USDA Zone 5/NW Missouri
> 
> 
> 
You have a problem!
I suggest you grow them on in bigger pots as if they are all cucumbers
(you don't say whether they are outdoor or indoor types) and the
cucumbers will extend a main stem as if to climb, the zucchini
are bush types and won't extend. The other point is that the cucumbers
would tend to require a higher temperature to germinate so you may find
that most of what have come up are zucchini. If one type is more
important to you get some more of those seeds to make sure and put them
in later, they should germinate quite quickly given 65-70deg.F.

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