Cucurbita pepo 'Pears & Eggs'

  • Product number: 515460
  • Origin: North America
  • Latin: Cucurbita pepo

A fun mix of hard and long-lasting fruits. The creamy white color combined with the pear and egg shapes make this a popular gourd for calm and modern displays. After all, yellow doesn't always fit into everyone's interior! Height 10-15 cm, diameter 8-10 cm.

Can be grown outdoors. A plant with creeping vines bearing ornamental fruits that adorn many a fruit bowl throughout the winter.

Names:
Latin: Cucurbita pepo
Dutch: Sierkalebassen
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. Planting distance 100x100 cm. Harvest during dry weather when the fruit stem begins to cork. Gourds can be grown outdoors without problems. 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: Easy
  • Latin: Cucurbita pepo
  • Dutch: Ornamental gourds
  • Also known as: Not applicable / Not known
  • English: Ornamental Gourds
  • All year round

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