Gourd 'Canteen' / 'Plate de Corse'

Sowing method: March - May indoors. Transplant: April in the greenhouse or late May outdoors. This white-flowering gourd likes a warm summer and therefore grows well in a greenhouse. But then do keep windows and doors open due to night blooming! Outdoor cultivation usually succeeds well, but do let the plants climb! If well ripened, can be stored for several months, and 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: N/A
• Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
• Ease of cultivation: Moderate

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

• All year round