Apple Gourd
- Hard-shelled gourds resemble apples
- Mottled green skin dries to brown
- Gourds grow to 6-8 inches by 4 inches across
- Best used for crafting and birdhouses
- 100-120 days
Item Details
(Lagenaria siceraria) Large hard-shelled gourd shaped like an apple. Mottled green skin dries to brown; very long shelf life. Gourds are 6-8" tall and 4-6" across. Best used for crafting and birdhouses. 100-120 days.
Learn to Grow Apple Gourd
Direct Seed: 1" Deep
Seeds to Hill: 6-8 Seeds
Thin: To 3-4 Plants
Light: Full Sun
Instructions - Sow seeds outdoors after the danger of frost has passed in 12" diameter hills. Space hills 6' apart in all directions. In short season areas, grow from transplants started indoors 8 weeks in advance. Gourds grow well on fences or garden trellises.
Ratings & Reviews
3 reviews
Looks just like giant apples!
by Andrea
Fun to grow. Survived our drought and a squash bug infestation.I got 6-8 fruits per plant.
OMG i love all of them
by Bella
I love it I have a hole garden of apple gourds.
No fruit set
by Carrie
these plants were incredibly vigorous but not a single gourd set! They all fell off the vine before they were the size of golf balls.