Gourds

[Dantheman]

Anyone plant their own gourds? We have never tried to plant them but we get them every season. It seems that we always miss a couple of them in the yard (we use a lot to decorate) and it rots into the ground and we get gourds the next year.

[CarrieAnn]

I haven't planted them, but I buy loads of gourds every fall. I love to decorate with them. I keep baskets of them all over the house from the beginning of October until Thanksgiving.

[pinkie]

We have planted gourds for years. The only problem with planting them is they are usually the same gourd when they grow (different sizes of course). We like to decorate with a lot of different shaped and color gourds. Cool that you get them from the rotten ones.

[outdoors Joe]

I've never planted them, but I want to. I'd like to grow enough that we could sell them at the local farmer's market. Are they hard to grow? Do they take any kind of special care?

[Phena30]

Ours just grow, we just plant the seed and they grow. A lot of times we even forget about watering them. They are a lot like pumpkins- very little care is needed, but a lot of space is needed. The vine gets really long.

[Dantheman]

If others are having luck with growing them maybe we should try planting them for real next time. I would like a variety of them so maybe we should plant them next season. I'm sure it's too late this season.

[fresh]

Phena you must have a wonderfully green thumb. I do terrible with gourds and pumpkins. I always end up with dead vines that have to fruit.. wait is pumpkin a fruit or vegetable?