Kalebasse Dipper

created by Rita M. at 23.03.2021

Seed packet

Features

Color

white

green

speckled

Location

Bed

Outdoor

near compost

Fruit shape

elongated

clubbed

roundish

long neck

Growth habit

Climbing plant

rank

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

J

F

M

A

M

J

A

S

O

N

D

Description

Bottle gourd variety 'Dipper' is climbing. Bottle gourd is not only a tasty vegetable, which is often used in Asian and African cuisine, but also an ethnobotanically extremely significant plant. The dried fruits of the calabash have been used as a storage and drinking vessel for thousands of years. Closed dried fruits can be used like rattles and are probably among the oldest musical instruments. They are also used as resonators for stringed instruments, such as the Brazilian berimbau. Although the calabash was originally native to Africa, it spread as far as America and Asia in prehistoric times. Thus, Lagenaria siceraria is one of the oldest cultivated plants of mankind.

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

Annual climbing plant. Sowing in April about 3 cm deep in pots and after a hardening off period after the Ice Saints plant out in May. Be very careful with the delicate root balls when planting. From then on, they can also be sown directly in the open. Spacing of the plants about 100 cm. Likes a well-drained, nutrient-rich soil, warmth and plenty of water.