Ornamental gourds
Posted 11/09/2023 - 08:13 - Helpful Comment
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I see soup Other wise a nice image
C&C welcome.
Don.
Don.
Posted 11/09/2023 - 12:11 - Helpful Comment
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Yes, a nice image. Composition and textures are spot on . Looked at big, no matter where I start looking at the picture my eye always ends up at the nicely textured disc where the stem used to be attached. As the photographer intended, of course...
But how do you know when a grey gourd is ripe??
Steve
But how do you know when a grey gourd is ripe??
Steve
Posted 11/09/2023 - 16:27 - Helpful Comment
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Lubbyman wrote:
where the stem used to be attached.
On second thoughts, that should have been where the flower used to be attached. Too late for a simple edit .where the stem used to be attached.
Steve
Posted 11/09/2023 - 16:42
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Lubbyman wrote:
Steve
Indeed, the flower.Lubbyman wrote:
where the stem used to be attached.
On second thoughts, that should have been where the flower used to be attached. Too late for a simple edit .where the stem used to be attached.
Steve
I have never grown these before. In the spring some friends turned up with 4 little seedling pots. Each stem had two tiny leaves about an inch across.
I potted them up twice, and they have become Triffids. Each plant has numerous runners that are about 3 to 4 metres in length. Huge leaves, yellow flowers, and of course the gourds themselves. In addition to the three above I have at least 5 more that are still growing. They require copious amounts of water, and feeding (I used Tomorite) twice a week.
These are ornamental gourds and cannot be eaten. Once harvested they should be washed thoroughly in soapy water, then alcohol. Allowed to dry indoors for a week then put away in a dark cupboard for three months. Then will have hardened and can be varnished and/or painted to make decorations. Just in time for Christmas
Peter
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Posted 11/09/2023 - 18:51 - Helpful Comment
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I totally understand what those squashes have done/are doing to your garden. Exactly the same happened to me last year when I grew butternut squashes. Even after following Monty Don's advice on Gardeners' World to cut back the runners once the fruit was growing so all the energy would go into the fruit, they continued to take over the garden - over fences, up bean poles, into the pond. Still, the butternut squashes could be eaten. And there's still butternut squash soup and other concoctions in the freezer. Just a couple of spaghetti squashes this year, not quite as rampant but still vigorous!
Steve
Steve
Posted 16/09/2023 - 17:15 - Helpful Comment
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Perfect use of the 21mm - and spot on with composition, focus point and processing
Nicely done Peter
Nicely done Peter
LennyBloke
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