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Omelet · 01-10-2007, 05:05 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible

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Does anyone have some good suggestions for drying gourds. I have read
about placing them on screens but I have so many. Do I wait until a
certain time to take them from the garden? I would appreciate any
help. Thank you in advance. Jo

I just leave them hanging on the vines from the fence. ;-)
They dry just fine.

As far as I know, no matter what you do to them, they will still end up
with some black markings from mold but it does not do any damage to the
shells or seeds.

One other way I did birdhouse gourd drying once that worked well was to
take several that were ripe and full sized and lay them on top of the
insulation up in my attic.

Worked fine and the resulting seeds were viable.

House wrens in my yard LOVE the gourd birdhouses. Just be sure to drill
large drain holes in the bottom of the gourds. I drill 3 of them at
about 1/3" across.
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