Can squash varieties cross-pollinate with one another or with pumpkins in the garden?
Yes, and no. Squash varieties can pollinate each other if they are the same species. For example zucchini can cross-pollinate with Jack O’ Lantern pumpkins or acorn squash. But butternut does not cross with zucchini. However the cross does not affect the flavor of the squash, cucumber or any number of veggies in the garden. Cross-pollination only affects the resulting vegetable if you are saving seed to replant next year. That’s when you get a pumzinni or something to that effect. What is a potomato? Potato and tomato plants are closely related and can be intergrafted. However the potomato or also called topato commonly advertised is just a tomato seed inserted into a potato tuber and planted together producing both a tomato and potato plant in the same hill. Mainly just weird and not all that wonderful. What is a tree tomato? A treelike plant sold as a tree tomato, Cyphomandra betacea, is a different species than garden tomatoes. It is a woody tree that grows eight feet or taller and
