Resources Tagged: Squash And Gourds And Pumpkins

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  1. Bottle Gourd

    Bottle Gourds are typically grown for non-food use. The gourd is allowed to reach its full size on the plant and turned into a valuable container for grains or liquids. Mature fruits contain an extremely hard and waterproof rind when dried. The growing gourd may be constricted with bands to form...
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  2. Buffalo Gourd

    The buffalo gourd is native to Southwestern North America
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  3. Pumpkin Varieties to Try

    2012-07-01 As indicated by their orange/yellow flesh, many pumpkins are high in beta-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A with antioxidant properties. Vitamin A is important for healthy eyes, skin, bones and teeth, and for proper immune system function. Many pumpkins are also rich in vitamins B and E and in...
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  4. Gac

    Gac is a woody, perennial plant with vining stems reaching 6 m or more in length. Growing from tuberous roots, the vines are often seen climbing on fences or into the tops of trees. Its large (10-15 cm wide), dark green leaves have three to five lobes. Gac is dioecious, meaning that some plants...
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  5. Sweet Potato and Squash Soup

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  6. Pumpkin Pollination Presentation

    Betsy Langford (now Betsy Myhre), ECHO staff presents on how to hand pollinate pumpkins for seed saving and genetic preservation.
    Squash and Gourds ... Seed Saving Pollination

  7. Pumpkin Variety Trial: Cucurbita moschata

    2020-01-01 Tropical varieties of pumpkin, Cucurbita sp., vary widely in their production, fruit size and quality, and taste. This variety trial and analysis includes eleven varieties available at the ECHO farm in Florida in 2006. All varieties were evaluated for seed viability, total production, fruit size...
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  8. Sorting and Storing Pumpkins - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Farmers selling pumpkins right after harvest get a low price because there are so many. They can sell them at a better price during the off-season by storing them. Available languages Arabic Bambara Bangla Chichewa / Nyanja English French Hindi Tumbuka
    Marketing Post Harvest AccessAgriculture Squash and Gourds ... Storage

  9. Vegetables for SW Florida in the Summer Months

    Key Resource 2009-01-01 Within a couple days after Bonnie and I arrived in Florida in June 1981 to assume my new role as founding CEO of ECHO, I began digging a garden. For an avid gardener used to the long winters “up north” this was an exciting adventure. I was going to grow flowers and vegetables year-round in the...
    Legume Yard Gardens Urban Gardening Squash and Gourds ... Moringa Vegetable Vegetable Legumes Garden Vegetables Leafy Vegetables Home Garden Perennial Vegetables

  10. Underutilized Crops for Small Farm Abundance

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    2018-02-09 Traditional diets included a wide variety of ingredients from myriad wild and domesticated plants. Regional cuisines were shaped by native species in their local environment and by gradually-adopted plants from distant places. The modern global food system and market pressures have reversed this...
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