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Post by redneckplanter on Jun 23, 2011 12:47:05 GMT -5
google it ya'll.............wowwwwwwwwwwww.................
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Post by daylilydude on Jun 23, 2011 13:27:37 GMT -5
Dang it... now I need seeds!!
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Post by horsea on Jun 25, 2011 12:10:24 GMT -5
I did indeed look it up and see that it's malabar gourd. It sounds wonderful; wonder if it would grow in my area.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 25, 2011 21:01:22 GMT -5
I tried growing these one year, and in between several other cucurbits (cucumbers, wax melons, and a few moschata varieties) that had no problems, every one of them succumbed to disease. So I never tried them again.
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Post by redneckplanter on Jun 26, 2011 9:21:30 GMT -5
I did indeed look it up and see that it's malabar gourd. It sounds wonderful; wonder if it would grow in my area. where ya be horsea?
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Post by redneckplanter on Jun 26, 2011 9:22:06 GMT -5
Dang it... now I need seeds!! smiles
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Post by redneckplanter on Jun 26, 2011 9:23:09 GMT -5
I tried growing these one year, and in between several other cucurbits (cucumbers, wax melons, and a few moschata varieties) that had no problems, every one of them succumbed to disease. So I never tried them again. maybe too cool there pepper?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 26, 2011 9:37:17 GMT -5
maybe too cool there pepper? Definitely not too cool here! Maybe a little too hot that year, though it didn't bother the others - nothing like last season with record heat. And that year wasn't a wet summer, either, though the disease wasn't really a mildew type - the leaves would just turn gray, slowly, and wither away - fungicides did nothing. Maybe it was some viral disease that nothing can really control. Yet, like I said, they were planted intermittently with the other plants, and not one of the others got this disease, and I have never seen it on another plant since. Since these were listed as "Thai" plants, I had to try them, and was disappointed they didn't pan out.
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Post by horsea on Jun 26, 2011 15:35:28 GMT -5
I did indeed look it up and see that it's malabar gourd. It sounds wonderful; wonder if it would grow in my area. where ya be horsea? I live on the Canadian prairies in the province of Manitoba.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jun 26, 2011 16:05:46 GMT -5
Probably a bit cold in Manitoba
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Post by horsea on Jun 27, 2011 22:36:02 GMT -5
Summers in Manitoba aren't cold, but they are relatively short. I guess cucurbita ficifolia wants a longer type summer, such as what might be found further south. Our summers are short & intense & filled with sunlight. Sunrise starts around 4:45 and it wakes you up unless you have light-blocking blinds in your bedroom.
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Post by redneckplanter on Jun 28, 2011 14:24:34 GMT -5
seeds go in this week.............
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2011 15:34:37 GMT -5
wow, red, I love your enthusiasm. you find something, and you order it, and then plant it!
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jun 28, 2011 21:15:48 GMT -5
Yeah I've got to think about it a year or two and convince somebody else to jump in first.
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Post by redneckplanter on Jun 29, 2011 12:24:57 GMT -5
horsea might be able to transplant some? smiles at moonies............ they look like a superfood at this point.lol
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