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Lagenaria siceraria |
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| Common name |
swan's neck gourd; bottle gourd |
| Family |
cucurbitaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
white (summer) |
| Size |
vine |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
prefers fertile, moist soil |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature or warmer
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Sometime mid-summer, I noticed these vines growing up into my tomato cages. I vaguely remembered sowing some seeds in that general area, but I didn't remember which - I thought it might have been melons. Well, it turned out to be speckled swan gourds, the seed coming from the AHS seed exchange. The vines were certainly vigorous with lush large bright-green leaves, and they showed off plenty of crinkly white flowers, which open late in the day. Lots of tiny gourds too, but very few got to be any significant size. Maybe I should have selectively removed the majority to pump energy into a few selected fruits. At any rate, we got a few interesting ones, and the plants kept on going long after the tomatoes with which they mingled had given up.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Jelyn Regulacion | Sep 30, 2005 | I want a lots of information regerding the Uses,importance,varieties,soil requirements,cultural requirementss,maturity,Index,method of harvesting,handlingpests and diseases and their control of Bottle Gourd or Lagenaria siceraria |
| sive thea | Oct 14, 2008 | I would like to know about its biological
I would like to know about its need for grow it such as: land, texture, its ecology, its pH
I would like to know how to grow it |
| aethena | Nov 12, 2008 | CAn be eaten like other squash whenitis young only. After it gets larger it can be picked and allowed to dry out. It can take six months. Once i is dry it is very water resisitant. Used as instruments, dishes, water containers, birdhouses and also has medicinal uses. go to Plants For a Future website. |
| kim paulseth | Mar 14, 2010 | We grew birbhouse gourds on a umbrella style twig arbor one year. The effect was amazing! The top was covered in fragrant white flowers that the hummingbird moths loved. Undeneath hung lime green gourds of all sizes! When lit by candle light from below, looked like a page out of Martha Stewart Mag. |
| Grower in estonia! | Aug 03, 2010 | We have hottest summer in 30 years and i have not seen the flowers yet i wait for one that should open today! |
| marcella | May 12, 2011 | I would like to know if this plant can be grown using any of the five growth regulators(hormones). |
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