Cucurbita pepo 'Plate Et Rayée' / 'Flat Striped'

  • Product number: 515440
  • Origin: North America
  • Latin: Cucurbita pepo

A gourd, which you hope is in a mixture; but you know how it goes... So now you definitely have it: the size of an apple, round (slightly flattened), dark green with light green stripes. A long-lasting gourd, it's rock hard!

Can simply grow outdoors. Plant with creeping vines bearing ornamental fruits, which adorn many fruit bowls throughout the winter.

Names:
Latin: Cucurbita pepo
Dutch: Sierkalebassen
Also: Kalebas
English: Ornamental Gourds

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Sowing method: From mid-March (indoors) or from mid-May outdoors in pots or at their final location. Plant spacing 100x100 cm. Harvest during dry weather when the fruit stem begins to cork. Gourds can be easily grown outdoors. They can be pruned regularly, or allowed to climb. The growing tips are edible!

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Sowing/planting time:

  • March
  • April
  • May

Harvesting time:

  • September
  • October
  • November

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Indoors
  • Outdoors

Position:

  • Sun
  • Flower colour: Yellow flowers
  • Origin: North America
  • 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: Cucurbita pepo
  • Dutch: Ornamental gourds
  • Also known as: Gourd
  • English: Ornamental Gourds
  • All year round

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