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Gourd Seeds - 'Calabash' Also known as the bottle gourd, these fun penguin-shaped gourds may be dried and painted for crafts, or hollowed out and used as a drinking gourd. Although they can grow up to 45 pounds, the also may be harvested when small and cooked for eating like a zucchini. Quantity: Select the size here . . . Packet: (25 Seeds) . . . $2.50 1/4 Oz: (7.09g) . . . $4.80 1 Oz: (28.4g) . . . $7.20 1/4 Lb: (113g) . . . $28.80

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Vegetable Description: Also known as the bottle gourd, these fun penguin-shaped gourds may be dried and painted for crafts, or hollowed out and used as a drinking gourd. Although they can grow up to 45 pounds, the also may be harvested when small and cooked for eating like a zucchini.

Vegetable Botanical Name: Lagenaria siceraria

Other Common Names: Bottle Gourd

Vegetable Duration: Annual

Vegetable Days to Maturity: 120 Days

Vegetable Seeds Per Oz: 160

Vegetable Height: 12 in to 18 in

Vegetable Spacing: -

Vegetable Planting: Direct sow outside after danger of last frost. Plant in hills of 2-3 plants per hill at 60”-72” apart, and 1“ below soil surface.-