Gourd 'Kikinda Competition'
- Product number: 121560
- Origin: Tropical Africa
- Latin: Lagenaria siceraria
A gourd that wins all length competitions! Kikinda Competition is the name of this gourd, but also an annual pumpkin festival in Kikinda, a village in Eastern Serbia. The gourd fruits are light green, very slender and can reach a length of over 2 meters with optimal growth. For straight fruits, you should therefore let the plant grow very high (preferably in a greenhouse). If the plants trail along the ground, you will get a winding snake... Tip if you have plenty of fruits: harvested very young, you can eat the fruits as zucchini, and half-ripe you can harvest them as Lauki.
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Latin: Lagenaria siceraria
Dutch: Kalebas
Also known as: Lauki
English: Bottle-Gourd, Creole: Poe, Hindustani: Lauki
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- Flower colour: White
- Origin: Tropical Africa
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- 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
