RE: Gourds

You need to ask Pam on this one. She grows luffa gourds all the time. Mine
she sent me grew in the ground, full sun, clay soil so pretty moist. They
went nuts. Pretty yellow flowers too. The bees loved them and I'm sure I'll
have some come up this year. 

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC 


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 4/12/2005 5:36:23 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Gourds
>
> I've got a seedling bottle gourd growing in a 1-gallon pot in the 
> lathhouse; it is just beginning to produce secondary leaves. And I need 
> advice. I want to plant it somewhere so it will produce a bottle or 
> three, but I have no idea what it wants, including whether it needs to 
> go in the ground or can stay in a large pot [say, 15 gallon]. I know it 
> may run all over hell's halfacre no matter where it's planted, but 
> that's okay--I've got the room. But does it want/need to climb?
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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