Description
20 Seeds Long Opo Gourd Seeds; Bottle Gourd 瓠瓜 Vigorous grower and very productive. Dark to medium green fruits. Heavy fruits are about ~12 inches long and ~5 inches in diameter. Bottle Gourd (Opo)瓠瓜 Bottle gourd, opo squash or long melon is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable, or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe. For this reason, the calabash is widely known as the bottle gourd. The fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh. Rounder varieties are called calabash gourds. They come in a variety of shapes, they can be huge and rounded, or small and bottle shaped, or slim and more than a meter long.
Somayaji –
live plant arrived. planted. Update 3 months later
DANIELA LAWSON –
Super fast shipping, and looking forward to try the long opo. Thank you for the surprise Thrombocino Rampicante. Will post pictures.
12 days later : seeds germinated, I totally recommend the seller. As a tip, to help the germination, I placed the seeds initially in 1 gallon plastic bag, in between 2 towell paper, for 5 days. in the 6th day I planted the seeds.
Mya T –
Started in pots on 5/17 indoors using fox farm ocean forest soil. Transplanted into my garden yesterday 5/31.
Shalease cruthaigh –
Highly recommend. Their shipping, packaging and quality of work is on point.