Why do some fail to grow a good crop of gourds? There could be a number of reasons but these are my top five.
1. Failure to notice the length of the growing season. Are you located in an area that has a long growing season? Lucky you! This factor shouldnt have much affect on your gourd crop. Those in the northern climates with short growing seasons should check carefully how many days that gourd variety you desperately want to grow needs to get to maturity.
2. Using fertilizer with too high of a nitrogen content. Nitrogen is great for getting your plants off to a good start, but if you continue down that road, you will have all leaves and no fruit. The first number on the fertilizer bag stands for nitrogen. If that number is a lot higher than the other two youve got the wrong fertilizer for your gourd plants. Use it on the lawn instead.
3. Plenty of flowers but no gourds develop. Looks like you dont have any pollinators. Gourd plants have both male and female flowers and the pollen from the male needs a way to get to the female. Since the hard-shell gourd flowers open at night, you need some nighttime insects to do the job. You may need to do some...
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