Bushel Basket Gourd seeds
Get ready for a gourd-growing adventure! These easy-to-grow beauties produce enormous, round gourds (up to 60 pounds!) perfect for unleashing your inner artist. Paint them, carve them, turn them into bowls, lamps, or planters – the possibilities are as big as the gourds themselves!
Seed count: 10 seeds
Botanic name:
Lagenaria siceraria
Plant spacing:
18"-24" apart
Color:
Light green when fresh / mottled brown when dried
Sowing depth:
1 inch
Sun requirements:
Full sun
Utilization:
Wood burning, dremeling, painting, and making into birdhouses, bowls, luminaries, sculptures, etc.
Frost hardy:
No
Maturity days:
110-120 days
Life cycle:
Annual
Can I start indoors:
Yes
Container friendly:
Not recommended
Vine Habit:
Full vine
Weight:
30-60 lbs.
Disease and pest resistance:
-