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Calabash 'Hercules' / 'Italian Edible' / 'Cucuzzi Caravazzi'

Calabash 'Hercules' / 'Italian Edible' / 'Cucuzzi Caravazzi'

Product number: 121550
Origin: Tropical Africa
Latin: Lagenaria siceraria

This enormously long gourd often has the shape of a club or baseball bat. It can weigh up to 6-8 kg with a length of 1m, and the fruit is medium green. When harvested fully ripe, this variety can be dried and stored indefinitely. When young (40cm long), the fruit is eaten. (Pu or Lauki). The young shoots of bottle gourds are a delicacy in Italian cuisine and are called “Tenerumi”.

Names:
Latin: Lagenaria siceraria
Dutch: Kalebas
Also known as: Fleskalebas, Lauki, Pu, Tenerumi
English: Bottle-Gourd, Creole: Poe, Hindustani: Lauki

Sowing method: March - May indoors. Planting out: April in the greenhouse or end of May outdoors. This white-flowered cucurbit likes a warm summer and therefore grows well in the greenhouse. But do open windows and doors for night flowering! Outdoor cultivation usually succeeds well, let the plants climb! When fully ripe, they can be stored for several months, after drying even indefinitely.

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