How to Grow Your Own Birdhouse (Birdhouse Gourd Crafting)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Quick tips to growing and making a homemade birdhouse from a common gourd.
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I like your gourds. 😉😜
awesome just ordered some i'm in pennsylvania
We wash the gourds with a solution of water and bleach right after picking. This pretty-much kills the mold from the start.
That's a great idea! Mine usually mold as soon as they begin to dry on the vine, but I'm guessing you pick yours slightly green in that case? It's possible mine are molding because we have a rainy season when they start drying, though. Houston mold is everywhere!
If you will soak them for 45 minutes in water, you can use a wire wheel or wire brush to clean the skin off and make a beautiful skin on the gourd. No more sanding!
❤Muy interesante y sencillo.. Gracias!
So excited to have found your channel! We are also in the gulf coast region. North of Houston. We accidentally grew some apple gourds this year. We purchased two at heb last year and when we were finished decorating with them, we threw them in our compost. They volunteered this year and we've harvested a basket full! Apparently they are well suited for birdhouses. We've never tried any sort of birdhouse gourd, so we were delighted to find this video. Thank you for the fun idea! Ps... we're subscribed to follow now ❤ Always eager to learn more about homesteading in our area!
Oh, I saw those at HEB and was so tempted to grow them. I didn't. Instead I am trying African Drum Gourd. It's massive, and the vine is so aggressive. I don't know what I was thinking, but I will say it's nice to have something growing in the garden that doesn't need water!
@@TurnYourHeadandScoff oh yes, anything that can survive this drought will be high on my planting list next year!!
It's very delicious to eat when still small and soft
Bottom drainage holes
great idea!
How long after the flowers blooming do the gourds start to appear?
Once pollinated the female flowers start to swell within just a couple days. The male flowers will come out first, followed by the females. You can tell a female from a male because the female flowers have a bulbous shape (looks similar to a tiny gourd) just below the flower where the males do not.
@hamburger512 thank you!
Gourds are not totaly pest proof Mine got infested with tiny black ants last year and dried up and died
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. My luffa gourd gets ants, but the others don't.
Stop painting flowers on birdhouses. It attracts attention and problems.
what attention curious i just bought seeds