Bottle Gourd Harvest

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Cats, I have been growing these for years. Haven't had issues with cross pollination, yet...I think you will be fine.
 

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The way u have them lined up kinda looks like a flock of geese. Put some eyes, mouths and wings on them and they'd look cute on a front porch all yr long. ::rainbow-sun
 

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BWKatz said:
The way u have them lined up kinda looks like a flock of geese. Put some eyes, mouths and wings on them and they'd look cute on a front porch all yr long. ::rainbow-sun
First :welcome and we might end up doing that with some of next years crop. We'll just will wait and see what happens next year with them.


Cats, I have been growing these for years. Haven't had issues with cross pollination, yet...I think you will be fine.
I don't think I'll have much problem this year only other vines that grew where Watermelons and pumpkins. And the pumpkins only had about 2 or 3 blooms total because of bugs.
 

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Thompson's water seal...of course! Why didn't I think of that? :p
It would penetrate the whole gourd. Perfect!

I think the next birdhouses I make from them, I will use a wood burner to decorate it. And use some stain instead of paint.
 

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journey11 said:
. . . I think the next birdhouses I make from them, I will use a wood burner to decorate it. And use some stain instead of paint.
Yeah! That would be nice. I have seen some wild, bright colors used on gourds but I definitely prefer a more earthy natural look.
 
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