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Growing gourds

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  • 02-08-2018 2:54pm
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    RockDesk
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Has anyone ever grown Gourds? How much work is involved - is there any tricks that I should know? I picked up a packet of seeds recently even though I can't plant them until next year!

    Thanks!


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    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,752 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    RockDesk wrote: »
    Hi,

    Has anyone ever grown Gourds? How much work is involved - is there any tricks that I should know? I picked up a packet of seeds recently even though I can't plant them until next year!

    Thanks!

    Planted some Russian Doll gourds and some Swan gourds a couple of years ago. Had them inside until early summer and then moved out into an Aldi fabric greenhouse which got annihilated by a summer storm. Gourds were doing ok until that point, really just grown as a novelty for my daughter. The plants got pretty big and liable to take up quite a bit of space.


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    RockDesk
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭RockDesk


    Ok, thanks! I love the look of them around Halloween and when I saw the seed packet I grabbed them. Now that I'm searching online, I feel like I've bitten off a bit too much, particularly in relation to the amount of space they may take up! I didn't really consider it before I bought them. Sure I'll give it a go and see how they get on!


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