Bottle Gourd Short

🌱 QUANTITY: 15 Seeds
⏳ SEED TO HARVEST: 55–65 days
🌿 SOWING METHOD: Direct sow
🏞️ SOWING TIME (PLAINS): January-March, June-July, October-November
🌄 SOWING TIME (HILLS): April-July
☀️ LIGHT REQUIREMENT: Full sunlight

Bottle Gourd (Short Variety) is one of the oldest cultivated vegetables, with origins tracing back to Africa and Asia more than 4,000 years ago. Celebrated in ancient Indian texts and traditional medicine, this vegetable has long been valued for its light, cooling, and nourishing qualities.

The short variety produces compact, rounded gourds that are harvested when tender and green. Their mild, delicate taste absorbs spices beautifully, making them a versatile ingredient in Indian cooking—whether prepared as curries, dals, stir-fries, koftas, or even sweet dishes like halwa. With high water content, dietary fiber, and essential minerals, bottle gourd is both refreshing and health-supportive, especially during hot Indian summers.