Questions tagged [gourds]
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Can grafting increase fruit size, productivity, and ease of growth?
I've been considering the possibility of grafting a giant watermelon variety (such as Carolina Cross) onto a giant pumpkin/squash/gourd rootstock (such as Atlantic Giant pumpkin, Weeks NC Giant, Zucca gourd, or Kikinda Competition Strain Edible…
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Is there a difference between a birdhouse gourd and a calabash?
I was trying to make a Hawaiian ipu drum out of a gourd grown from a seed I planted that was marketed as a "birdhouse gourd" and dried this winter. I've been looking up what ipu drums are made out of and apparently it's supposed to be a calabash. …
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Pumpkin or something else?
This was a volunteer growing I believe from whatever was in our compost from last year. There were pumkin seeds in the compost but I don't recall composting gourds. We live in MD ic it makes any difference for ID
Not sure how to add a photo here
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What kind of gourd is this?
My neighbor is growing this vegetable and forgot what kind of gourd it is. Is it a bottle gourd or a type of butternut squash?
And here's the flower:
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What is this green and yellow vegetable which looks like a star from above?
We found this vegetable, apparently a gourd of some sort, growing at a farm in Michigan, but we're not sure which particular species it could be. It seems to most closely resemble an acorn squash, but the star-shaped spike pattern on the outside…
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Baby bottle gourd falling off
Why baby bottle gourd is falling off from bottle gourd plant?
The green color baby bottle gourd turns yellow from green color and then falls off. Only 1% success I have. There are lots of flowers turns into baby bottle gourds
What could be the…
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How can I support Birdhouse Gourds without nailing anything to my fence?
I have birdhouse gourd vines growing up my fence. I started with a river cane trellis pushed into the soil in the tubs the gourds are growing in. This initial trellis can not support the new growth. I don't want to use any more river cane. What is…
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What's the reason my Bitter Gourd leaves are turning yellow?
I have planted some Bitter gourds in my backyard, they get 4-5 hours of morning sunlight each day. I am watering them regularly; once I find the top 2-inches of soil completely dry. Recently I am seeing that veins in the leaves are turning yellow…
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Ridge gourd fruit turning yellow
My ridge gourd plants have lot of male flowers and good amount of female flowers which are turning into fruits about 1.5 inches. But after that the fruits are turning yellow and then drying off. What could be the reason.
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