Calabash, organic seeds
Eco Heirloom
Information
Traditional gourds with fruits of various bottle shapes. Small unripe fruits are excellent to eat. A portion contains about 10 seeds.
| Product number: | 3300 |
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| Scientific name: | Lagenaria siceraria |
| Botanic family: | The Squash Family - Cucurbitaceae |
| Organic: | Yes |
| Lifespan: | Annual |
| F1 Hybrid: | No |
| New variety: | No |
| Sowing time: | Pre-cultivate: May |
| Sowing depth: | 3 cm |
| Germination time: | 15–30 days |
| Plant spacing: | 40 cm |
| Row spacing: | 75 cm |
| Height: | 200–300 cm |
| Plant location: | Sun |
| Harvest/blooming: | August–September |
| Seeds/g: | 4–5 seeds |
| Heirloom variety: | Yes |
Cultivation advice
Sowing
Sow about 3 cm deep indoors at the beginning of May and plant outdoors in warm soil, rich in humus, when the risk of frost is over. You get the best result in a green house, but it could also be bound up against a sunny wall in the southern part of the country.Break off the male flower in the morning when the pollen is the most fertile and rub it on the stigma of the pistil of the female plant for reliable pollination, especially in green houses.
