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Saturday, September 14, 2024
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BlossomDown
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Gourd Zone, WA
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Reference material. So, all of the original 5 plants are alive except the Sherwood. The 234.5 Warner is light pale green color and very round just like its momma was in the pic on the seed packet. (Lower right in the previous photo.) The 170 Vial was a little odd, the female flowers were very small, not sure if it has the right stuff, but it grew a bright green gourd with a standard nose. (Lower left in the previous photo.) Finally the 263.5 Ciesielski probably had the best all around potential, it is a dark green gourd, but the plant is on its way out due to vine rot at a pruning wound. No pic today but I'll take a final picture of the gourds at harvest.
So I'm glad I left all the plants (I was very tempted to cull at least one of them) because it was interesting to see the different shapes, sizes, and colors. The Sherwood, had it remained, would have been a big round one, although perhaps a bit more egg shaped than the Warner. Not sure if the Brown or Sherwood gourds could become as dark a green as the Ciesielski gourd, they both seem to be a forest green type.
Six types of green I might use to describe the gourds: pale green, light green, bright green, emerald green, forest green, dark green.
They can change color as they grow and age, and I didnt notice any differences at pollination. Perhaps there were differences I didnt see, but I think they were basically all just light green at pollination.
Probably tmi about gourds. But thats what I wanted this year... I wanted my gourd knowledge to catch up to my pumpkin knowledge. In a way, it has. But I do still feel new to gourds.
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