Gourd 'Tohono O'Odham'

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. But due to night flowering, keep windows and doors open! Outdoor cultivation is usually successful; let the plants climb! If well ripened, 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: Africa, Asia
• 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