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Buy 5 Items & Get 1 FREE: add any 6 items to your cart & use code "BUY5GET1" at checkout Birdhouse Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria Siceraria) - 20 Seeds These very popular hourglass-shaped gourds reach 10-12" at the bulb end & are perfect for making birdhouses! Growing birdhouse gourds & then preparing them as a bird's next prime real estate is a garden project that anyone can do & a great circle-of-life lesson plan for kids (or you, if you need one). Gourd birdhouses are attractive to many species of birds including wrens, chickadees, swallows, bluebirds, titmice, & nuthatches. in shorter growing seasons, start birdhouse bottle gourd seeds indoors in peat pots 3-4 weeks before the last frost. To speed germination, soak Lagenaria Siceraria seeds overnight. Plant the seedlings outdoors in rich soil & full sun after the last spring frost. For direct sowing, wait until the soil warms to 70 degrees F, then plant 5 seeds per hill, 1" deep, with 5' spacing; later, thin to the strongest plant. Keep the soil evenly moist. When the vines begin to develop, either provide a trellis or lay down mulch to keep the gourds from contact with the soil. USDA Zones: 4 to 12 Sunlight: Full Sun Height: 12 Inches Birdhouse Bottle Gourd, 20 Seeds, Calabash Hourglass Shaped Gourds Asian Vegetable Heirloom Non-Gmo Open Pollinated Us Farm Free Shipping
