Growing where it shouldn't / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

March 30, 2025 11:34pm CST

We are house-sitting and there are lawns on both sides of the house. This vagrant plant is poking its head out through the lawn. Do you recognise it? It’s a pumpkin. There are several pumpkin platns in the garden but somehow this one has decided it wants to grow in the lawn. I might leave it there for the owners to see. Maybe the quenda will eat it although it hasn’t touched the others.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (142807)

• Roseburg, Oregon

31 Mar

Leave it there it looks happy.

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rakski

@rakski (135025)

• Philippines

31 Mar

that little plant wants attention

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terri0824

@terri0824 (5067)

• United States

31 Mar

We were just looking in our garden this weekend to see if there was any volunteer plants as it seems every year we will have a volunteer or two each year.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (72885)

• United States

31 Mar

I wonder if an animal (we would blame squirrels here for their penchant for burying food for future use) buried a pumpkin seed there and it germinated, or if a bird dropped it while flying. Either way, it’s interesting to see a pumpkin plant on an otherwise well-manicured lawn!

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (20221)

• London, England

31 Mar

My father used to grow pumpkins, but I'd have never recognised it!

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58825)

• Portugal

31 Mar

I would leave it there.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (49092)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

31 Mar

Yeah, since you're house-sitting, best to leave it there, you don't know for sure if it's a volunteer or if the house people planted it there. Good excuse to not cut the grass.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (186923)

• United States

31 Mar

Its funny when things get a mind to grow like that.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140375)

• Philippines

31 Mar

I noticed that pumpkins starting to sprout out here.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (113755)

• Marion, Ohio

31 Mar

It looks happy there. I would let them decide

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Angie

@andriaperry (118595)

• Anniston, Alabama

31 Mar

A stolen seed dropped.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (185345)

• United States

31 Mar

That's very cool. I would leave it there too.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56010)

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31 Mar

I have noticed that pumpkin plants spread rapidly over lawns etc.

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sarika bhatia

@sarik1 (7482)

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31 Mar

It is nice plant .

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (162849)

• United States

22h

A wandering pumpkin. How fun.

Pitstop

@pitstop (14891)

• Australia

31 Mar

Wow - a pumpkin plant in the middle of a lawn! I only get weeds

rsa101

@rsa101 (38335)

• Philippines

31 Mar

It’s unfortunate that seeds don’t get to choose where they grow. They rely entirely on where their planter decides to place them, with no say in the matter. Some may even fall unnoticed, left to struggle on their own. I just hope they’re given the chance to grow where they’ve landed—or, at the very least, be replanted somewhere they can truly thrive and flourish.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (52738)

• Canada

31 Mar

I think that they would love to see what you've nurtured and grown in the lawn while they were away.

RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (83484)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Mar

An interesting place for a pumpkin to grow,

George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (108066)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

31 Mar

It is odd to see a pumpkin grow in a lawn where you and your relatives are staying,