Gourds

🌱 Quirky & Decorative

Gourds are a delightful and versatile addition to the garden, grown primarily for their fascinating, often whimsical shapes, textures, and durable shells. Whether you are creating autumn arrangements or crafting unique garden art, these vigorous vining annuals provide endless creative inspiration and a wonderful, rustic charm to the end-of-season landscape.

• Growing: Requires full sun and a long, warm growing season. They thrive in rich, fertile, well-draining soil and need plenty of space for their long, trailing vines to ramble.

• Sowing: Direct sow once the soil is thoroughly warm and all danger of frost has passed. For shorter seasons, start indoors in biodegradable pots 3–4 weeks before transplanting.

• Care: Keep the soil consistently moist. Provide sturdy support if you wish to grow them vertically to save space and ensure cleaner, more uniform fruit shapes.

• Harvesting: Pick when the stem begins to brown and dry, or when the rind becomes hard and resists pressure from a fingernail. Cure in a cool, dry, and well-ventilated area before use.

Add a touch of natural, decorative interest to your home and garden—select your favourite variety and enjoy the unique, harvest-time bounty of these classic, whimsical fruits!