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Mrs Ava
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Oh my 'Guord'
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September 20, 2003, 02:19:07 »
Not blowing my own trumpet (toot toot ;D) but I always manage to get a great crop of wierd and wonderful guords which sit looking lovely in a fruit bowl in my dining room....until.....they rot and go yucky :o. Do any of you have any advice in how I can keep them longer than a couple of months? I think the longest they have survived is about 4 months.
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Doris_Pinks
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Re: Oh my 'Guord'
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September 20, 2003, 02:24:46 »
When I lived overseas in warm climes, when they were dry and rattled, we varnished them! (kept for years) Perhaps a spell in the airing cupboard would work towards drying them out totally, then the varnish :-/?
Hope this helps Dotty P.
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October 10, 2003, 15:29:58 »
Definitely works, got some in the house had them 2 years, wife hates dusting them though, she also keeps throwing them at me shouting 'WHY DID YOU GROW THEM FOR,YOU SOD' i don't know, she wanted them in the first place. I suppose you just can't keep the woman happy and satisfied. Next year i'll grow a giant pumpkin and she what she says to that :o :P.
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[i][/i]Re: Oh my 'Guord'
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October 10, 2003, 22:40:12 »
I'm envious...bought a packet of ornamental gourd seeds this year - not
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germinated. And I wanted to dry & varnish them, too. Put me off a bit trying again - or is there any special trick to germinating them, I wonder? - Lishka
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Mrs Ava
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October 11, 2003, 01:59:00 »
Hi Lishka, I have no probs germinating them, do so in pots in very early spring in the greenhouse. I slide them into the compost side down to help stop them rotting, water once then leave them to it. Usually up in no time - duff seeds maybe ??? Try again, it is worth it, altho they are.....well....useless really ;D but I love growing them and my children love all of the squashes more that anything so I get a kick out of growing them.
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