RE: [gourds] Planting time - Lillian's response
Lillian Kepp (gourds@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 13 Feb 98 16:18:14 PST
Hi again Pat,
Thanks so very much for the kind words. Sometimes I get started
and just get carried away. The only thing I write is a garden
column for the local newspaper. And I know next to nothing about
gardening. But then compare that to politicians and there just a
ain't much difference. :) Really, I write a column for beginners
by a beginner.
I'm going to answer your message in two parts since I was answering
it, and almost done, when the electric went off. Hadn't save any
of it, so lost it all. So, since I love to run the old fingers
around the keyboard, I'll give it another whirl. :)
Lillian
thekepps@bright.net
On Fri, 13 Feb 1998 06:42:22 -0600 Pat Storer R-Zu-2-U wrote:
>Hi Lillian: I don't know if you realize how you started my morning
when I
>opened the digest - with deep chuckles and intense interest. I
don't know
>you personally, but if you are not already, you SHOULD be a writer
with your
>subtle and dry wit and thorough information. Your style is not only
>informative, but most pleasurable reading and I will read it over
and over
>just for fun too.
>
>I think I understand it now. This is our first year to even try
gourds and
>we are putting in a big field. Our county agent knows nothing
about gourds
>or - even about pumpkins in this county. " If you cain't ride it
or rope
>it" in this country, - "It ain't nothin". So that is what I deal
with here
>in these parts. When I called the agent yesterday to ask the last
frost
>date he said " Whal, I think it is February 2." I told him I
didn't think
>so and he said "Whal, maybe its sometime in March or April - Guess
you'll
>just have to experiment". Geeeeeesh!
>
>I have another question: Is there anywhere to get information on how to tie
>knots - or should I say 'when' in long gourds or encourage them to grow into
>interesting patterns - such as a coiled snake, etc. You mentioned in the
>last post that you could knot them when young. Can you actually 'tie them
>in a knot' at this stage? Also If I wanted to have some grow in a mold does
>the mold have to be clear or can it be opaque?
>
>Sorry for all the questions. I do appreciate the reply.
>
>