Grown the birdhouse gourd before but these are similar. Will be looking forwarding to growing some

My grandfather used to grow this in his garden, and my grandma would turn it into an tenerumi soup. I have been trying to get cucuzzo to grow in my garden for many years with little success. I finally found that the key to getting seeds to germinate is by using sand paper to sand the hard shelled seed down. I have tried different methods like soaking the seeds in a damp paper towel, snipping the tip of the seed off, keeping it on a seed warming mat, etc.. but the only luck I've had is to sand down the whole seed with sand paper. My next battle were slugs. I was finally able to get 3 plants going this year, and they're taking over! I have tons of fruit and beautiful tenerumi that I'm so excited to make! This whole process has been pretty nostalgic for me and really made me think of my grandparents all along the way. So fun! :)

I planted several seeds in composted in ground beds with a cattle panel trellis. It was a bit slow to sprout but once it did, it took over the entire three section cattle panel trellis, rounding the top and coming down the other side. I have many fruits started, the largest one is around 2 ft now with more on the way. I am impressed. Zone 6b outside of St Louis mo.

Never grown this before but glad I tried it. I have one plant and it’s huge and they are delicious. It doesn’t seem to mind the heat and drought we are experiencing 7b.

Mst of the seeds I bought from you are not even sprouting, out of about for dozen cucuzzi squash seeds I planted (and re planted again), only one dozen came up at all. Same with my bean seeds, peas, and so on. Wondering if you're selling really old seeds....