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Wild Cucumber spotted in an apple orchard, looks cool but do not eat!

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131 sats \ 5 replies \ @sox 4 Oct

Are those the cucumbers that explode? I think that's how they reproduce. Loved triggering them as a kid!

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cucumbers that explode

We had MayPops that exploded when we threw them at each other. Lotsa fun!

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actually 🤓☝🏻 exploding cucumbers grow on the ground

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @sox 4 Oct

oh you’re right! are they even cucumbers or just vile scammers

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interesting

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i don't know

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Isn't is a cucumber people use as bath loofah when it gets riped?

Like this one on the photo from the internet

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i think that's called lufa

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As I remember this kind of "wild cucumbers" were growing on backyard.
At the autumn they get a form of bath loofah with huge seed/beans inside

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how do you know that it’s poisonous?

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I asked the clanker for verification on my intuition.

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Curious to know how they taste, Let me know if you go back in a few weeks and check if they are ripe?

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no, they are basically poisonous

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