[benjohnson]

If the weird offspring are really bitter, stop eating them!

You probably won’t die but you’ll be quite miserable. Apparently, once a gourd starts not breeding true, it can revert to a form with way too much bitterness - we humans have trouble with the chemical and get quite sick.

https://www.anses.fr/en/content/beware-inedible-gourds

[tmountain]

Yeah, I didn't eat any of the weird offspring. We did eat the summer squash it produced, and they were delicious.