Everwilde Farms - 1 oz Calabash Gourd Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

Also known as a bottle gourd, these fun penguin-shaped gourds can be dried and painted for crafts or hollowed out and used as a drinking gourd. Although they can grow up to 45 pounds, they can also be harvested when small and cooked and eaten like a zucchini. These gourds love heat and take about 120 days to reach full size. The origin of gourds has been a subject of debate for decades. Archaelogical findings seem to show that Asia first domesticated the gourd for use as a container, though Africa and several island nations such as Polynesia and New Zealand also have an early history of using gourds as fishing floats, bottles, or musical instruments. Recent research shows that North America's gourds are nearly as old as those of Asia, which seems to suggest that early peoples who settled in the New World brought gourds with them. The Calabash gourd in particular has been found on nearly every continent.