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Tuesday 4 August 2015

Progress of the Magical Gourd Plant

Gourds

Some time ago I wrote a blog (Mrs. Angloswiss and the Beanstalk) describing my incredible decorative gourd plant which was growing from one single surviving seed, the other 20 seeds being lunch, dinner and breakfast for a snail invasion.

Now the weather has become snail hostile and they have disappeared, so my magical decorative gourds have been able to develop and grow. At the moment I have three large samples. Daily I find  new flowers and who knows, I may have a record harvest eventually, although I fear that the climbing support may crumble under the weight. 

Above you can see the first gourd that appeared. In the meanwhile two more have been noticed. I don’t think they are edible, but am not sure. They are supposed to be decorative, so who knows what will develop. I just thought I would keep you all in the picture. I must now go as I have to feed them with my mystery mixture and give them to drink. Up to now they are happy with water, but I think I will now have to start mixing the water with some fertiliser. Tomorrow in the garden centre in the supermarket I will ask if they stock special food and drink for growing gourds.

Gourds

4 comments:

  1. They are looking good Pat. I know there are all sorts of weird and wonderful ones to be found and colourful too. I don't know if you can eat them either. If you can I imagine they would taste fairly bland.

    Hope you are having a great week. Hugs.

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    1. That is why I like them, you never know what you will get when they grow,

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  2. They are so interesting, and photogenic, it doesn't matter that they are not edible. I believe there is a process whereby gourds can be preserved as ornaments. I do not know how, you would have to look it up on Google.

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    1. You often see them in arrangements in Autumn here and it is possible to preserve them. I might look into it, if they are worth it.

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