Can My Cantaloupe Have Cross-Bred With My Cucumbers?

Question

My cantaloupe are circular and green. Could they be cross bred with my cucumber because i planted the two close together.

Answer 1

Maybe they will cross breed but they won't run away to get married because they cant elope.

Answer 2

Anything can be made to cross-breed if you know how.  Cantaloupe is a fruit but the cucumber is a vegetable.  Personally I do not think it is possible.  But miracles can happen.

If you search "cross-breeding" roses, for example, you'll find that it is a long & complicating process to be successful, usually done under strict laboratory conditions.

Answer 3

Sounds like a watermelon.

Answer 4

Although it is possible it's highly unlikely see what the experts say below.

Q. Can cantaloupes cross-pollinate with other crops such as cucumbers, watermelons, squash or pumpkins?

A. Crossing between members of the curcurbit family is rare. If crossing occurs, it will not show up in this year's fruit but will be evident if seed is saved from these fruits to plant in next year's garden. Many people rate off-flavored or strange- colored fruit with cross-pollination, but it is usually caused by environmental conditions or disease.

http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetables/...

Cucumbers don't cross with watermelons, cantaloupes, pumpkins or squash. And cantaloupes don't cross with cucumbers, watermelons, pumpkins or squash. Summer squash varieties will cross with each other and with pumpkins, but not with winter squash.

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Things like *** "zuccapumpkins"*** are possible and more likely to occur if you save your own seed. Note that even though a cross may occur, the appearance of the fruit won't change until you plant the seed from the cross, and it produces fruit the following season. Thus it's improbable, but still possible, that seed purchased from a seed company carries such a cross.

Colorado State Extension

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1822.h...

Answer 5

No, there is no possibility of this happening in the field. The two are of different species and cannot cross by normal sexual means.

Any cross pollination experience this season will not show up in this year's crop. The genetics are already set when you planted the seed.