When the Crackled Apples showed up at the VA State Arboretum to plant our section of the Community Garden, we had seedlings ready to go into the ground! We started them in egg cartons from seeds taken from the previous year's project, then replanted them into peat pots as they got bigger with a true leaf. Once we dug the holes in our section, the peat-pot seedlings went into the ground and a gallon-size aluminum can (green bean cans from a local school with the top and bottom cut off) was positioned over the plant as a wall of protection.
A few plants succumbed to the pests at large in the wide-open areas of an arboretum as you can imagine, but those were replaced with spares we kept on hand for such a situation.
Since this was initially posted on June 5, the plants have continued to grow and are now setting fruit [June 30]! The VLGS uses a LOT of spinner gourds for the youth outreach programs we do throughout the year so this wall of gourd vines are spinners. The vines for the larger apple, dipper, and canteen gourds are on the opposite wall of fencing that supports the arbor we use as our gardening space. The spinner gourd area is setting fruit, YeeHa!
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