cdrumm4448 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 growing out of a compost pile? For the record, I do put guinea pig poop in there. Otherwise it's just coffee grounds, plant cuttings, and occasionally food scraps my husband steals to put in it. (I like the disposal!) They look like cucumber or squash plants. The leaves are huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Could you dig them out carefully and plant somewhere else? Sounds like they are off to a rockin start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabbymom Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Yep! We spread our compost over our whole garden and then plant the garden. Our compost has chicken, rabbit, goat and cow manure in it as well as all the other you mentioned. Edited June 14, 2012 by gabbymom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdrumm4448 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 I have nowhere to move them to. We don't have a garden, but maybe I could put them in a container. Although, I am known to have a black thumb so maybe I should just leave them alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Don't you use the compost in your garden? Isn't that the same thing? I've got a potato plant growing in my compost pile, which has rabbit and chicken manure, among all the other typical scraps. ETA: I see now that you don't have a garden. I'd leave it be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Leave it be. And yes, you can eat what ever it ends up being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 It's best if the compost had properly composed for a few months, but it should be just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 yes, the food will be find. Just scrub it really well, and enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 yes. My parents grew our food with manure thrown into the garden. Makes great veggies! In my garden I throw compost in. I've had tomatoes, cucumbers and squash come up from the refuse I throw in there. We eat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdrumm4448 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 My husband has informed me that they are actually pumpkins! He threw a bunch of them in the compost pile last fall! I am excited to see how big they get and if they will escape the critters in the area. Hey, that might be a good science activity. I just made my kids Nature Journals. They could sketch the pumpkin plants, measure them and what else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Maybe they can try to grow a milkfed pumpkin like Almanzo in The Little House books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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