JC Garden · No. D60 · Twin pack
Bottle Gourd Seeds
Big, productive gourd vine for an overhead para or strong trellis — young fruit in about 60–75 days.
Twin pack · 2 sealed sachets inside
- Full sun, 6–8 hours
- Soak seeds about 24 hours; sow 2–3 cm deep
- Germination: usually 5–10 days, sometimes up to 2 weeks
- First young fruit: about 60–75 days after sowing
- Needs a strong para or trellis about 2 m high; at least a 50 L container or the ground
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Bottle gourd (labu air) is a classic for Malaysian home gardens with an overhead para or car-porch frame. One healthy vine gives plenty of tender young gourds for soups and stir-fries.
- Soak the hard seeds for about 24 hours and sow 2 per spot 2–3 cm deep.
- Build a strong support before the vine starts to run.
- Pinch the main vine tip at the top of the trellis — most female flowers form on the side shoots.
- Pick the gourds young, while the skin is still covered in fine soft hairs.
Tip: the white flowers open in the evening. If fruit are not setting, hand-pollinate at dusk, and bag young fruit against fruit flies.