Bottle gourd Long

Beautiful and vigorous long gourd. Plants will have more fruits and will grow very fast and big. The fruit is bulb shape and looks beautiful. Taste is also good. It’s the open pollinated variety you can save your own seeds.

Fruits will average 400 grams weight. The flesh is soft but you have to harvest the fruit when it is 8-10 inches in length. Growth is vigorous you will need a lot of space.

55 days, Sun: Full sun (min. 6 hours daily).

Water-The plants need evenly moist soil for maximum productivity.

Fertilizer-Fast growing crop and needs a steady supply of nutrients.

Soil- Sandy, soft and well fertile soil. Temp 20°C – 35°C

Cut the tips of vines when they start to grow long so that they grow dense and have more fruiting. You can also climb it on vertical support.

Long gourd as the name suggests is long fruit variety of bottle gourds. Fruits can grow very long. The flesh is soft but you have to harvest the fruit when it is 9-10 inches long and 3 inches in diameter.

Commonly known as Loki this variety of gourd has long fruits. Fruits look very beautiful and plants will have high yield plus you can save your own seeds also.

Images shown above are actual images that are grown from these seeds.