Calabash 'Microcarpa'

Sowing method: March - May indoors. Transplant: April in the greenhouse or late May outdoors. This white-flowering pumpkin-like plant loves a warm summer and therefore grows well in the greenhouse. However, due to its nocturnal flowering, keep windows and doors open! Outdoor cultivation usually succeeds well, but let the plants climb! When fully ripe, it can be stored for several months, and after drying, 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
• 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: Gourd
• Also known as: Calabash
• English: Bottle-Gourd, Creools: Poe, Hindoest.: Lauki

• All year round