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Friday, November 07, 2008
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Bhuber
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St Matthews, SC
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I took down the one long gourd. Measured at 95 inches at its curved state. Would have been longer if grown straight. It needed to be grown higher up for one so then i dug a hole and it only went so far and then the weight of the goardo was pulling it down so it began to force itself to grow crooked. Now the other one still on the plant would be over 100 inches but again i didnt have a support high enough. When they set i didnt really think they would grow that big being a first time grower of them. So this one is now pushing for a slight S curve going and i couldnt dig a hole under this one as it was hanging close enough to the porch in which the bottom is cement. Will deffinately grow them higher up next year as well as getting them to a quicker start. Also the one gourd pushing 100 inches is still growing, half the vine had suffered freeze damage and really cold temperatures but it hasnt stopped it. These gourds were set really late. The funny thing is that it just set another one or two just the other day. They seem to grow on the warm days and stop on the cold days. I would have to say that long gourd plants are very vigorous plants.
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