🎃🍬 Gourd "Sweet Dumpling" (Cucurbita pepo) – 20 Seeds

Description:

Add a charming and unique touch to your garden with the Sweet Dumpling Gourd (Cucurbita pepo)! This ornamental gourd is prized for its small, round shape and beautiful cream-colored skin with green stripes, resembling a sweet dumpling. Perfect for fall décor, craft projects, and seasonal displays, these gourds are easy to grow and bring delightful texture and color to your garden.

🌿 Botanical Name: Cucurbita pepo

✨ Key Features:

• Small, round gourds with cream skin and green stripes

• Ideal for fall decorations, crafts, and ornamental displays

• Compact vine growth suitable for trellises and gardens

• Harvest in late summer to fall for best color and hard rind

• Easy to grow and fun to cultivate in home gardens

🌱 Growing Information:

☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun
🌱 Sowing Time:

• Sow indoors 3–4 weeks before last frost

• Transplant outdoors after all danger of frost has passed and soil is warm

• Direct sow outdoors when soil temperature is above 18°C (65°F)

🕰 Harvest Time: Late summer to early fall (approximately 90 days after planting)
📏 Plant Height: Vining, up to 2–3 meters (6–10 feet) long
📏 Spacing: 90–120 cm (36–48 inches) between plants

🌱 Germination Time: 7–10 days
🌡 Germination Temperature: 20–30°C (68–86°F)

🌾 Soil & Watering:

• Soil Type: Well-drained, fertile, sandy loam soil rich in organic matter

• Soil pH: Neutral to slightly acidic (6.0–7.0)

• Watering: Keep soil consistently moist, especially during flowering and fruiting

🧑🌾 Usage & Care:

• Provide sturdy support or trellis for vining growth

• Mulch to retain moisture and control weeds

• Harvest gourds when skin hardens and colors are fully developed

• Perfect for autumn decorations, craft projects, and ornamental displays

• Attracts beneficial insects and supports garden biodiversity

The package contains 2 grams of seeds which is about 20 seeds.

Cucurbita Pepo