FREE: 5 Birdhouse Gourd Seeds

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VINE LENGTH: 12-15 feet GROWS BEST IN: FULL SUN, AVERAGE, SLIGHTLY ACIDIC SOIL
PLANT ON A FENCE, TRELLIS OR OTHER STURDY STRUCTURE
If you have a growing season of at least 90-100 days and plenty of space, you can be the
proud owner of several hard-shelled gourds (Lagenaria siceraria), sometimes known as Birdhouse
Gourds, by fall.
The vines will quickly cover a trellis, hide a chain-link fence, wrap around trees, and then keep
growing! Despite the vine's need for vast amount of space, it's a fascinating plant to grow that adults
and kids love. The resulting gourds can be made into birdhouses, feeders, baskets, dishes or
planters.
The vine requires a long hot growing season of 90 - 100 days. Since gourds demand a long
growing season, they can be started indoors 4 weeks prior to planting outdoors or. Once the danger of frost is past and your plants are hardened off, plant the peat pots in
tilled soil that has a bit of compost or fertilizer added.
I plant my seeds directly in the soil on my fence line, planting about 6 seeds together in a ‘hill’
(I clear a spot about 2’ long and 1’ wide and about 2” below grade so it will hold water, then I make
a trench about 12” long in that spot and space them in there), ½” deep, and allowing 30’ of fence
(15’ in each direction) per hill. When they have 2 or 3 of their first real leaves, thin to leave the
strongest 3 vines per hill.