This shot shows a Marina Di Chioggia squash in the foreground, and behind is a dark green buttercup squash and a mottled swan gourd to the left.
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| Here is a swan on the ground |
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| And here is one hanging from my new trellis |
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Gargantuan Gourds
This has been my first year to grow swan gourds. I have purchased seed packets before, but have never planted the seeds. This year I started them, and they are like the energiser bunny that keeps going, and going, and going. While most of the other squash stuff has succumbed to this or that malady, the swans keep taking over garden territory.
This shot shows a Marina Di Chioggia squash in the foreground, and behind is a dark green buttercup squash and a mottled swan gourd to the left.
The problem with the hanging gourds is that it straightens the necks. I just started putting hanging baskets under the young gourds so that I can have them with a crook neck. In any event, a beautiful and humongous gourd.
This shot shows a Marina Di Chioggia squash in the foreground, and behind is a dark green buttercup squash and a mottled swan gourd to the left.
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The gourds are fantastic, George. I have not grown gourds before but seeing yours makes me want to give them a try. I would need to build a structure of some sort and will be putting that on my list for next year. I think these are the gourds that can also be used for birdhouses? Love the Chioggia squash!
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