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Originally Posted by tam91
Since it's a winter squash, I presume zucchini etc. aren't a problem for crossing. But she had some wierd hard little black thing, and I'm afraid he might be.
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Nope...not quite the way of it.
There are 3 main squash species, pepo, maixima and moscheta (there is a 4th, mixta, but it isn't all that common). Most of the summer squash are actually eaten immature and they are mostly pepo, same as many pumpkins.
Red kuri is a maxima, Hubbard, Kabocha, Dill's Atlantic Giant are more maximas.
The species won't easily interbreed, but more than one variety of the same species will readily cross. So if you could find some of the other squash nearby, we may be able to figure out if they are worth saving to trade.