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Aug 1, 2017 7:52 PM CST
Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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I sent you some roots rather than cuttings - they went out today.

Only the female have the gourds - click on the picture - the male flower is on the left and the female on the right - you can see the immature gourd at the base of the flower.

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Here is what a newly fertilized gourd looks like - the 2nd picture is of an almost ripe one. The third a ripe gourd.



I've tasted the fruit but didn't really care for the taste of it or the smell - kind of a sickening lemony smell. Also I hand pollinated mine - I haven't had any spontaneous fertilization so far so I'm thinking we don't have we don't have the right kinds of pollinators for it .. especially since it's a night bloomer.
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