Calabash 'Miniature Bottle'

Sowing method: March - May indoors. Plant out: April in the greenhouse or late May outdoors. This white-flowering gourd loves a warm summer and therefore grows well in the greenhouse. But then, due to night flowering, windows and doors open! Outdoor cultivation usually succeeds well, but let the plants climb! If well ripened, they can be stored for several months, and even indefinitely after drying.

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Sowing/planting time:

• March
• April
• May

Harvesting time:

• August
• September
• October

Soil type:

• All soil types

Cultivation location:

• Indoors
• Greenhouse
• Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

• Sun

• Flower colour: White
• Origin: Tropical Africa
• Average growth height: More than 200 cm
• Annual or perennial: Annual
• Attractive to insects: Various insects
• Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
• Ease of cultivation: Moderate

• Latin: Lagenaria siceraria
• Dutch: Calabash
• Also known as: Bottle gourd
• English: Bottle-Gourd, Creools: Poe, Hindoest.: Lauki

• All year round