Gardener's Question Time - Chilli or Triffid?

[leigh kitchen]

Anybody know what this plant is please?
It grew in a pot in which had been sown seeds of Bolivian Hairy Chilli, the only thing that grew.
It doesn't look particularly like a chilli, more like a potato plant. A deadly nightshade?
It's about 3" tall.

[badjez]

Say it with flowers: send her a Triffid!

Stephen.

PS- Drug Squad will call for a social chat and a smoke about 6am Monday morning.

[irish]

Based on the 2nd and 3rd photo. a type of squash or zucchini. The flowering portion is where the fruit would start to appear and grow.

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by irish

Based on the 2nd and 3rd photo. a type of squash or zucchini. The flowering portion is where the fruit would start to appear and grow.

Thanks - I've grown Courgette (come squash) Tromboncino, Cucumber Crystal Lemon and Cucamelon, sewn at the same time as the triffid but it clearly isn't one of those.
So it looks like I've picked up a rogue squash type beast from somewhere.

[leigh kitchen]

Think I've sussed it, these husks have formed - tomatillo?
I'd sown some but thought I'd given them all away.
Not sure how it managed to infiltrate pots of chilli's but I reckon that's it, tomatillo.

[Alex Rice]

Ok, so what is a tomatillo?

[leigh kitchen]

It's these Achocha, "Aztec cucumber"plants that cause that kind of confusion........