Calabash 'Speckled Swan' / 'Crookneck Swan'

Sowing method: March - May indoors. Plant out: 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, due to night blooming, keep windows and doors open! Outdoor cultivation usually succeeds well, but do let the plants 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
• 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: Not applicable / Not known
• English: Bottle-Gourd, Creools: Poe, Hindoest.: Lauki

• All year round