Re: Gourds

We always grew gourds for dippers and birdhouses on the fence between our yard and the hog lot. I'm positive they were not coddled in any manner. I always heard they kept down snakes, but that was probably an old wives tale.
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:36 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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