Guest guest Posted January 1, 1999 Report Share Posted January 1, 1999 >If they rotted, they weren't mature enough when the growing season ended. >However, gourds have a waxy outer layer that as part of it's normal >maturation process molds away. Every year neophyte gourd growers see that >mold and assume that it is a rot and throw away perfectly good gourds. An >immature gourd rot takes the form of an actual collapse. A maturre gourd >is >extremely rot resistant - if the gourds you discarded hadn't collapsed, >go >check where you threw them and you might be surprised to see that they are >still there, in perfect shape. We have used gourds as planters, >wateringthem on a regular basis with dirt in them and they have lasted for >years. Dear Prabhu. Pamho. We have been discussing a little what exactly you mean when you say gourd, my husband proposes that you are speaking of a kind called kalabas in danish. But it could also be pumkins, what specifically are you referring to? Do you think it can be grown succesfully at all in a climate where half of the year is very rainy and wet? Maybe only in greenhouses? Your servant Gunamani d.d. P.S. Thank you for the Peacock-information which answered all my questions, I think I have to wait with that, untill we get some land some day, hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 1999 Report Share Posted January 1, 1999 > > We have been discussing a little what exactly you mean when you say gourd, > my husband proposes that you are speaking of a kind called kalabas in > danish. But it could also be pumkins, what specifically are you referring > to? It's botanical name is lagenaria, it is a hardshelled gourd, white flowers that bloom at night. There is a closely related tree in the tropics commonly called the calabash that also produces hardshelled gourds. Another gourd is the ornamental gourd, which is commonly seen in the fall as a decorative item, but they don't dry as well. They are yellow day flowering. > Do you think it can be grown succesfully at all in a climate where half of > the year is very rainy and wet? Maybe only in greenhouses? > Your servant Gunamani d.d. It is a rampant grower, not well suited for greenhouse culture. The rain may not be so much of a problem, but it does take a long season to mature them. We have about 150 frost free day season, and we start them a couple weeks early in the greenhouse. > > > P.S. Thank you for the Peacock-information which answered all my questions, > I think I have to wait with that, untill we get some land some day, > hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 1999 Report Share Posted January 8, 1999 > Dear Prabhu, > Although I have never tried this, I have read it in some books that we have in > our school. These books were fiction books about Indian families, but in both > of them they described a method of grain storage that may be what you are > talking about. The families would keep a years worth of rice in round pots. > These would have a clay top that was sealed with mud. Then the pots would > be stacked on top of each other and the cracks between them sealed with mud > too. I seems like it might work, if you can make your own pots. > Hope it helps, > Madhyrlalilananda dd I have heard of someone somewhere taking fresh grapes, puting them in a clay pot and sealing on a lid with mud, then storing it in a root cellar, and the grapes staying fresh for quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 1999 Report Share Posted January 8, 1999 Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. >> Dear Prabhu, >> Although I have never tried this, I have read it in some books that we >have >in >> our school. These books were fiction books about Indian families, but in >both >> of them they described a method of grain storage that may be what you are >> talking about. The families would keep a years worth of rice in round >pots. >> These would have a clay top that was sealed with mud. Then the pots >would >> be stacked on top of each other and the cracks between them sealed with >mud >> too. I seems like it might work, if you can make your own pots. >> Hope it helps, >> Madhyrlalilananda dd Thank you very much. Have you ever tried burning claythings in an outside-fire arrangement? >I have heard of someone somewhere taking fresh grapes, puting them in a >clay >pot >and sealing on a lid with mud, then storing it in a root cellar, and the >grapes >staying fresh for quite a while. Are these claypots glazed? Your servant Gunamani d.d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 1999 Report Share Posted January 8, 1999 > >I have heard of someone somewhere taking fresh grapes, puting them in a > >clay > >pot > >and sealing on a lid with mud, then storing it in a root cellar, and the > >grapes > >staying fresh for quite a while. > Are these claypots glazed? > Your servant Gunamani d.d. I have no idea. The difference being that unglazed pots "breathe' slightly and is that good or bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 1999 Report Share Posted January 9, 1999 COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) wrote: > I have heard of someone somewhere taking fresh grapes, puting them in a clay > pot > and sealing on a lid with mud, then storing it in a root cellar, and the > grapes > staying fresh for quite a while. Yeah, people make a wine this way in Ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 1999 Report Share Posted January 15, 1999 On 01 Jan 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > It's botanical name is lagenaria, it is a hardshelled gourd, white flowers > that bloom at night. There is a closely related tree in the tropics commonly > called the calabash that also produces hardshelled gourds. That's right. One thing to note this calabash grows on a "tree" as oppose to a vine like most gourds. In the tropics some people use the mature calabash to store/carry/dip water and for eating (done by people of the rastafarian religion???). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 1999 Report Share Posted January 15, 1999 WWW: Bhakti Yoga Dasa (Toronto - CAN) wrote: > [Text 2016081 from COM] > > On 01 Jan 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > > > It's botanical name is lagenaria, it is a hardshelled gourd, white flowers > > that bloom at night. There is a closely related tree in the tropics > commonly > > called the calabash that also produces hardshelled gourds. > > That's right. One thing to note this calabash grows on a "tree" as oppose to > a vine like most gourds. > > In the tropics some people use the mature calabash to store/carry/dip water > and for eating (done by people of the rastafarian religion???). Most indigenous peoples used gourds as storage containers and food, as well as musical insturments. Narada Muni himself used a gourd to get around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 1999 Report Share Posted January 15, 1999 On 14 Jan 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > Most indigenous peoples used gourds as storage containers and food, as well as > musical insturments. > > Narada Muni himself used a gourd to get around. Right again prabhu. You are very knowlegable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 1999 Report Share Posted January 20, 1999 > On 27 Dec 1998, Gunamani dd wrote: > > > Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. > > Does anyone have experience with clay-pots for storage? > > Seems like they should be ideal. > > What about rats, they will bite through clay? > > Your servant Gunamani d.d. > > Dear Prabhu, > Although I have never tried this, I have read it in some books that we > have in our school. These books were fiction books about Indian families, > but in both of them they described a method of grain storage that may be > what you are talking about. The families would keep a years worth of rice > in round pots. These would have a clay top that was sealed with mud. > Then the pots would be stacked on top of each other and the cracks between > them sealed with mud too. I seems like it might work, if you can make > your own pots. > Hope it helps, > Madhyrlalilananda dd We just discovered today in our temple that rats have been eating through very sturdy plastic buckets we use for storage of grains and dry bhoga. y.s Vpdd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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