Get More Bottle Gourds To Fruit - Shokher Bagan

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[@nitinvarsani8458]

Rocking a lungi 👌🏾💚💚💚

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Perfect weather for it

[@myrustygarden]

Morning Monty that is how I support my trellised butternut with dollar store knee highs. I have been hand pollinating my corguette flowers for better production. Thank you for sharing 🇨🇦✌️🐝 safe

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Hi Ali, those socks really come in handy lol

[@msnessa3021]

Thanks for sharing all this great information!

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@backyardediblegarden]

Very informative video! Gourds are growing beautifully!

[@MyFamilyGarden]

So glad you like it

[@melaniefrancis48]

This is also a really timely reminder to have a look at my own squash foliage and give them more compost. I'm not growing bottle gourds, but many of the tips apply to my crops. Thanks. Eid Mubarak to you and your family

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Thanks Melanie, absolutely this same advice applies to most squash

[@davidmills4643]

My wife is growing bottle, bird house,and small mixed gourds for the first time so this is very helpful for her thanks

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tosstoness]

here in new zealand the bottle gourd is known as hue and has been cultivated here since the thirteenth century before the arrival of europeans the mature fruit is also made into musical instruments and the young runners are also eaten i m very keen to try to grow this beautiful and sacred plant thank you for your advice

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Thanks for sharing that bit of history, they're really precious plants for Bengalis too, they even write songs about bottle gourds.

[@hoffington]

I just came from your live chat.. Didn't know you made this video, must of gotten lost in my subscriptions list. Edit: some really good tips, didn't know about the deshi moth.

[@muhammadail3709]

Walaikum Asalam, Here in Pakistan, I am also growing bottle gourd and It is growing crazy Alhamdulillah. Eid ul Azha Mubarak.

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Eid Mubarak

[@notmodeling8070]

Am down in derbyshire 1st time growing these great vid

[@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000]

Very informative video, my bottle gourd plant Bangla lau got eaten very early on by slugs and I didnt have ant more seeds to plant, I'll follow your guidance for next year's growing season, thankyou for sharing this 😀

[@sajid14]

MA keep up the good work

[@EssayonsFG]

A wealth of great information on growing the bottle gourds, brother. We grew them a few years ago and they really demanded more room than we expected. Will give them another go next year.

[@MyFamilyGarden]

They can grow to be monsters, I'm hoping for a good year this year

[@animapulcra9205]

Very useful information. Eid Mubarak.

[@MyFamilyGarden]

So nice of you

[@kirubafromuk3433]

Very nice, useful video, Thanks for sharing

[@MyFamilyGarden]

You're very welcome

[@charlieguy6872]

great video, thanks! Im growing one for the first time and this was very helpful

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Good luck with your gourds

[@robbieyoung690]

Loving the longi bhaisab

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Perfect for this heat

[@FutureIsBlue-tq1xy]

Love your video. I am growing bottle gourds for the first time and so far I've had one huge gourd grow on it and about 7 gourds turn yellow and die. I made the same mistake of accidentally cutting off a main branch instead of a yellow leaf. I'm also in the UK and the weather has been non stop rain and cool all July so everything is growing slowly. I actually cut off the male flower and shoved it into the female flower. I don't know any women who wear suspenders so just wire garden ties to hold up my plants. I will have to make a trellis for next year as I just used strings connected to a metal rod and a teepee I wasn't expecting the side growth.

[@greenfingers9437]

Hi there, I’m growing Snake Gourd for the first time, I got the seeds from eBay, the plants are very healthy but not striped! And it looks like the gourd you are growing but slim, and the leaves are a light green, straight and a furry skin, but I guess whatever it is it will be edible!? Thanks for sharing your videos.

[@RR-yu1uw]

Brother you explaine in a nice way thank you for teach us

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Thanks and welcome

[@gregames8872]

So helpful. Thank you

[@susanprasad4794]

So well explained I always await your vlogs. You have an extensive knowledge on horticulture..Thank you for so much inspiration

[@MyFamilyGarden]

You're so welcome, thanks for watching

[@susanprasad4794]

@@MyFamilyGarden Thank you for taking out your time to reply. Don't often get response from other vloggers

[@cw2126]

Great watch 👍👍👍

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Cheers mate

[@fishcrazy9651]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Greetings from Germany

[@MyFamilyGarden]

You're very welcome, thanks for watching

[@kiltedgardener]

Nice lungi mate! I hope you can show us when these gourds are ripe and a recipe for how to us them. Cheers ~Bhai

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Great for airflow lol. I've got a couple of videos on cooking gourds

[@grahamsibbert2412]

How do you cook these mate. My wife makes a thick soup from Butternut Squash. I’ve never grown Gourds

[@MyFamilyGarden]

I've got a couple of recipes on my plot to plate playlist

[@53peace]

Enjoy your first bottle gourd. I’ve never tried to grow them because I couldn’t get the seeds. I grow loads of other pumpkins and squashes and gourds and the harvest is extremely good. Do you grow the white flesh Ash gourds? I have some small plants but worried if it’s too late for them to fruit. Any advice please?

[@MyFamilyGarden]

I've grow quite a few different desi gourds, ash gourd doesn't do too well over here if I'm lucky I get one or two each year

[@MyFamilyGarden]

If you've got the space I'd plant them, they do better in a greenhouse

[@53peace]

@@MyFamilyGarden yes I have a green house. Ash gourds need more warmth so I’m keeping them in the green house and will be delighted to get at least 1 gourd. Also is it a good idea to buy Bottle gourd seeds now on Amazon for next year? UK garden centers don’t sell them. Thank you for your replies. Much obliged.

[@grahamsibbert2412]

Hello Mothin. I thought that I would update you on my experiment growing potatoes in woodchip. I grew Maris Piper and Kestrel. Both 2nd earlies and gave excellent results, both planted end of March, both harvested last week. No watering at all during growing period. I had ant problems on the smaller bed. Strangely enough the end with Black ants didn’t really suffer, but the end with Red ants suffered badly with misshapen tubers, all look like they had been attacked by slugs but the damage was all on the outside. One or two of both varieties had slug type damage. And 6 out of 3 dozen seed potatoes just got fat but didn’t reproduce. Thanks for your advice, I am definitely going to grow them again next season. Oh, and the woodchip (app 18” deep) is all composting down perfectly. Unfortunately my Butternut Squash sown as a plug direct into woodchip is in a terrible state, but the plant in compost with woodchip as a mulch I’d fruiting already.

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Thanks Graham for the feedback, really happy it worked out for you. I always get a bit nervous when I recommend something like this to people in case it fails for them. The ants must have found a nice dry spot and made themselves at home.

[@grahamsibbert2412]

Hello Mothin. Yes, I thought the ants found a dry spot but was surprised because it’s very wet, no dryness at all so they must be a new breed of ant, Aqua-ants 😂😂. Hasn’t put me off though. Next year it’s replant and try again..

[@monaraahmed7193]

👍👍👍

[@redcurrant2023]

Can I hand pollinate a pumpkin with a flower from a butternut squash? Is the bot5le gourd the same as a Laukie?

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Yes you can, do it in the same way or use a dry paint brush. Lauki is another name so is doodi

[@muhammadail3709]

@@MyFamilyGarden The word Lauki is mainly used in Subcontinent for gourds.

[@BloosSelfReliance]

Awesome :D Will have to give them a go sometime :D :D :D

[@MyFamilyGarden]

They're one of my favourite to grow

[@BloosSelfReliance]

@@MyFamilyGarden I love trying to grow veg I have used while working overseas because it’s too hard and expensive to buy. The more I can do that the more excited I am to be in the garden 💙🧚‍♀️💙

[@rosesallotmentadventures9365]

Thanks for this Monty. I know exactly what to do with trimming mine now. I'll do that tonight. Something has pollinated them because I haven't, so I've been lucky there - phew! Will you do a recipe or two with them, when the time comes?

[@MyFamilyGarden]

A few curious bees might have done the job for you! I've got a couple recipes uploaded

[@rosesallotmentadventures9365]

@@MyFamilyGarden thank goodness for curious bees! I'll go look for your recipes now, thank you

[@shamimabdul143]

Assalamu alaikum. Brother do you feed your gourds?

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Walaikum Salaam, yes with grey water or home made fertiliser

[@devijeetun8803]

Hi forgot to ask whether you use any shop bought fertiliser on your plants. I have been told to use tomato fertiliser for all type of veg once the plants set fruit. Is this OK to do. If not what is the best compost please. Sorry I haven't followed u before that's the reason for my questions.

[@indirapatel963]

Where can I get the bottle gourds seeds from

[@devijeetun8803]

Hi I am a new subscriber. Many thanks for your very informative video. I am also growing a bottle gourd plant. But I don't have a greenhouse so had sown my seed indoors. When seedlings were ready to b planted out, the weather in May was still very cold n rainy therefore my bottle gourd fruits r still very small. Also I am growing my plant in the ground not pot. Is this OK or shall I grow it in a pot next year.

[@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172]

i don't wear a sari, so i use jute string. lol..............brian

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Lol, you need a lungi like mine

[@misssimmi2]

I have zero bottle gourds this year. Plant is very healthy and vigorous. Tiny bottle gourd appears but turn yellow straight away and die before they even get to the blooming stage! Any advice please?

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Watch the new video out today covering this topic

[@misssimmi2]

@@MyFamilyGarden can't wait! I've always been a passionate gardener but I don't have a big garden or the right weather ( i live towards the north of the country). I absolutely love your tutorials, your very knowledgeable Ma Sha Allah.

[@sanamnach8252]

Assalamu alaikum,I have got many gourds but not growing to full size..it's all tiny and getting ripe too fast.. someone told to pinch the end..is that true?

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Walaikum salaam, pinch the end of what?

[@sanamnach8252]

@@MyFamilyGarden pinch the end of each climber..Did I do it wrong?

[@MyFamilyGarden]

That only matters if there are other fruits on the vine. Stick a bag over it and let it grow like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKTVhIyFjJ6MsNE

[@sanamnach8252]

@@MyFamilyGarden ok will do like this tomorrow itself. Thank you so much!