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Emotional support water bottles are human nature confirmed
It probably has to do with weight. Pottery is pretty heavy and I assume this gourd, when hollowed out, isn’t
And resistance. Pottery tends to break easily, organic material is more resistant to most types of mechanical stress.
Bottle gourds are still eaten pretty regularly in India, and I suspect, other parts of the world too.
Yep, I just checked Wikipedia, and yes, tons of people around the world still eat it.
tons of purple around the world still eat it.
I wonder what the other colors eat.
The blues eat away at my life.
Consider the luffa next. It’s a squash of sorts that grows on a vine. The inner matrix of the large zucchini looking fruits is the luffa sponge. Zone 10.
At the art fair by my house is a lady who makes gourd earrings, birdhouses and instruments. She even wears a gourd hat. She grows them all herself. I tried to grow a luffa this year inspired by her. It failed because they are hard to germinate. Next year I’m doing a bottle gourd
I’m growing bird houses and luffa! Get another pack of luffa seeds. Mine are 2 or 3 years old and almost every one has sprouted. This year I just stuck 'em in the ground.
Be aware! Once they get rolling they can grow nearly 1’ a day!
