Bottle gourd-Monsoon

Monsoon is a type of Bottlegourd, or Lageneria siceraria. Vigorous plants with prolific bearing habit. Fruits are tender and cylindrical 1 ft. long fruit weighing 1.5 Kg. The rind is smooth, dark green with white specks. The flesh is white with slow seed maturity. It is a heavy yielder. We offer the OP variety, which is a non treated seed.

Latin Name: Lageneria siceraria

Planting Guidance: Plant several seeds together in mounds to 3' apart if growing on supports, but to 4-6' apart if growing along the ground. Thin later. This vine needs a long growing season for production of quality mature fruit, so seed may be started indoors 4-6 weeks prior to last spring frost date.

Approx. Seed Count:

• Retail Packet: 10-15 Seeds

Seed Treatment

Untreated

Genetics

Open Pollinated

Hindi Name: Doodhi,lauki,ghiya

Marathi Name: Dudhi

Gujrati Name: Dudhi દુઘી

Kannada Name: sorE kaayi ಸೋರೆಕಾಯಿ

Telugu Name: Aanapakaya, Sorakaya

Tamil Name: Suraikai

Bengali Name: Lau

Malayalam Name: Charanga,churaykka