Calabash 'Bianca'

Sowing method: March - May indoors. Planting out: April in the greenhouse or late May outdoors. This white-flowering gourd loves a warm summer and therefore grows well in a greenhouse. However, due to its nocturnal flowering, keep windows and doors open! Outdoor cultivation usually succeeds well, but allow the plants to climb! If well ripened, it can be stored for several months; after drying, even indefinitely.

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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 flowers
• 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