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  • From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Gourds -- direct sowing
  • Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 07:32:51 -0400

Ken; I've found that gourds, and bushel gourds particularly, can take a
LONG time to germinate. Some of mine took weeks; I think they may need
warmer temps than most other seeds. Mine were in cell packs in the
greenhouse, which was not particularly warm, but none of my other seeds
had problems. I'd given up on them. Other plants, including several
batches of winter squash, germinated and got potted up, but the gourds
just
sat there. I kept watering them along with all the other cellpacks, and
kept starting more and more gourds, hoping some would germinate. Lo and
behold, they finally started coming up. Now I've got way more than I need
(you can never have too many gourds, right?)

Lynn Wigglesworth
Cowbridge Farm



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Bezilla" <kenbez AT hotmail.com>
To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:59 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] Gourds -- direct sowing


> Is it more difficult to direct seed gourds? We sowed a patch of hubbard
> squash and bushel gourds 5 days ago. The hubbard squash started to
emerge
> today, right on schedule, but there's no signs of the gourds yet... and
that
> got me to remembering that a couple of times before, when I tried direct
> seeding small patches of edible gourds (cucuzzis), I couldn't get any to
> germinate. (Didn't have any problems with getting them to germinate in
the
> greenhouse though...)
>
> Ken Bezilla
> Acorn Community Farm
> Mineral, VA
>
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