Squash Educator Newsletter.indd
... A Taste of Squash History Gourds, cucumbers and melons are all part of the Cucurbit Family, but all have different origins. Squash and pumpkins are native to the Americas, while cucumbers originated in eastern Asia and melons in Africa or Persia. Squash are one of the oldest cultivated crops in the ...
... A Taste of Squash History Gourds, cucumbers and melons are all part of the Cucurbit Family, but all have different origins. Squash and pumpkins are native to the Americas, while cucumbers originated in eastern Asia and melons in Africa or Persia. Squash are one of the oldest cultivated crops in the ...
ECHOcommunity.org
... covered by an oily, red membrane/sac (aril), the edible and most nutritious part of the fruit. ...
... covered by an oily, red membrane/sac (aril), the edible and most nutritious part of the fruit. ...
luffa (loofah) sponge gourds
... and dip them out of the water. If you’re processing a lot of gourds at a time, change the water frequently. Make sure you dry the seeds thoroughly before storing for next year. You may rinse the sponges in a 10% bleach solution to whiten them. Luffa gourds can be harvested when they are between 4" a ...
... and dip them out of the water. If you’re processing a lot of gourds at a time, change the water frequently. Make sure you dry the seeds thoroughly before storing for next year. You may rinse the sponges in a 10% bleach solution to whiten them. Luffa gourds can be harvested when they are between 4" a ...
birdhouse gourds
... strongest 3 vines per hill. You may also plant the vines where they can climb onto a STRONG trellis or even a tree. (If you allow your vines to grow along the ground, as pumpkins do, the resulting gourds may not be symmetrical in shape.) Gourds like a soil pH around 6-6.5, slightly acidic. If you pl ...
... strongest 3 vines per hill. You may also plant the vines where they can climb onto a STRONG trellis or even a tree. (If you allow your vines to grow along the ground, as pumpkins do, the resulting gourds may not be symmetrical in shape.) Gourds like a soil pH around 6-6.5, slightly acidic. If you pl ...
Abiqua Drinking Gourd Hosta
... Abiqua Drinking Gourd Hosta will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 30 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 3 feet. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be ...
... Abiqua Drinking Gourd Hosta will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 30 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 3 feet. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be ...
Choko-block full of goodness
... beginnings of roots forming at the base, making them perfect for planting which suited me as I have long wanted to grow a vine or two of this interesting plant. The choko is a member of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), along with melons, courgettes (zucchini), cucumbers and squash. Native to Mexico ...
... beginnings of roots forming at the base, making them perfect for planting which suited me as I have long wanted to grow a vine or two of this interesting plant. The choko is a member of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), along with melons, courgettes (zucchini), cucumbers and squash. Native to Mexico ...
9 (807) - Indiana Gourd Society
... leaves are preset. This, in turn, will produce more side runners [female] flowers. To produce larger gourds hand-pollinate the 1st female flowers [use male flowers from the same plant for pure seed]. This causes a larger seed set which causes a larger fruit to contain the increased number of seeds. ...
... leaves are preset. This, in turn, will produce more side runners [female] flowers. To produce larger gourds hand-pollinate the 1st female flowers [use male flowers from the same plant for pure seed]. This causes a larger seed set which causes a larger fruit to contain the increased number of seeds. ...
The Calabash Gourd - Botanical Society of South Africa
... sour milk. Known as igula, these containers typically have the narrow neck end cut off and have a small hole drilled into the bottom which is fitted with a wooden plug. This is for draining the thin watery whey from the clotted souring milk curds. Green fruit are sliced and fried, steamed or boiled ...
... sour milk. Known as igula, these containers typically have the narrow neck end cut off and have a small hole drilled into the bottom which is fitted with a wooden plug. This is for draining the thin watery whey from the clotted souring milk curds. Green fruit are sliced and fried, steamed or boiled ...
Calabash
The calabash or bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria (synonym Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.), also known as opo squash or long melon, is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable, or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe. The fresh fruit has a light-green smooth skin and a white flesh. Rounder varieties are called calabash gourds. They grow in a variety of shapes: they can be huge and rounded, small and bottle shaped, or slim and serpentine, more than a metre long. Because bottle gourds are also called ""calabashes"", they are sometimes confused with the hard, hollow fruits of the unrelated calabash tree, Crescentia cujete, whose fruits are also used to make utensils, containers, and musical instruments. The gourd was one of the first cultivated plants in the world, grown not primarily for food, but for use as water containers. The bottle gourd may have been carried from Africa to Asia, Europe, and the Americas in the course of human migration, or by seeds floating across the oceans inside the gourd. It has been proven to be in the New World prior to the arrival of Columbus.