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  • From: "Allan.Balliett" <allan.balliett AT gmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] snake gourd questions
  • Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 07:44:38 -0500

Karen - I guess I've lost track. This is where you are farming(?)

Dominica is an island nation and borderless country in the Caribbean Sea, the northernmost of the Windward Islands (though it is sometimes considered the southernmost of the Leeward Islands). The size of the country is about 289.5 square miles (750 km2). The capital is Roseau.

Dominica is largely covered by rainforest and is home to the world's second-largest hot spring, Boiling Lake.[7] Dominica has many waterfalls, springs, and rivers. The Calibishie area in the country's northeast has sandy beaches.[citation needed] Some plants and animals thought to be extinct on surrounding islands can still be found in Dominica's forests.[citation needed] The volcanic nature of the island has attracted scuba divers. The island has several protected areas, including Cabrits National Park, as well as 365 rivers.


Regards to everyone and hoping this will get through. I changed my email address and although have been receiving posts from the list, have not been able to post through to it.

We grow snake gourd -- not the type which forms a hard shell -- but a culinary type popular in various Asian cuisines. (For those of you with long warm growing seasons, this is a crop worth considering -- almost everyone who has tried it, has come back for more. Cooked like zucchini or used raw like cukes, if folks stuck to western cuisine, with great health properties.) After a prolonged period of rain upon rain (tough season here), coinciding with lengthening daylight, the vine started prioritizing vegetative growth and setting small green berries instead of the usual elongated shape fruit. The flowers have changed too -- from the lacy lovely usual flower to a simple looking one more like tomatoes or peppers.

Anybody know anything about this? I am particularly wondering about cause (day length, rain, cross pollination, etc?) and if it might revert again and if those berries will eventually carry viable seed for edible gourd making plants.

Thanks and best wishes to all,

Karen

Roots Farm Organic Produce
Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs
Cochrane, DOMINICA
767-449-3038 (before 7 P.M.)
<mailto:karen AT rootsfarm.info>karen AT rootsfarm.info


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