Gourds?

[T]

Hi All,

Not to ask too stupid a question, but if gourds are not editable, what are they used for? Are they toxic?

-T

[T]

And they only nest in human provided housing. Hmmm. They'd better eat a lot of mosquitoes!

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Some are edible:

[hubops]

Purple martin bird houses.

John T.

[T]

Fat Free!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!

Actually being a drug free ketogenic T2 Diabetic, fat free is my mortal enemy.

[songbird]

seeds, containers, and somewhat edible.

we grew them once here. i much prefer their edible cousins the squash.

songbird

[Pavel314]

My neighbor grew birdhouse gourds this year. She brought over a dozen for me to make birdhouses. They're drying in the attic at the moment.

Paul

[Stephen Peek]

I used to grow luffas for eating. Picked small, breaded and fried they are similar to summer squash and very productive. The old folks here call them "vining okra".

[songbird]

Stephen Peek wrote: ...

haha! good to know. :) at least at that stage you don't have to worry about them scrubbing out your intestines...

have a bucket of small squash to clean out and bake today. mostly they are for seeds or at least i hope the seeds are developed enough. if i procrastinate long enough i may end up doing it this evening... i feel a nap coming on... :)

songbird