Lisa, don't know if you can grow the gourds that way, but check out the link below about how to grow veggies in plastic grocery bags. This might help you out.

Fran

Here is a link that might be useful: growing veggies in grocery bags

Thanks for your information Fran, I am going to plant turban squash on turned sawd piles instead. I just thought I had read some where I could grow them in paper bags, guess I was wrong, I still have alot to learn, I have many things planted and just put in my garden, we had a late frost, that's NY for your. Thanks again, sorry for the delay on the web I have been too busy, digging and planting pumkin patches and gourds are growing greatly out of bales of hay, just love that.

I would give it a try.

You can buy carrot seeds attached to seed tape.

I have also read that someone had a square foot garden, and did the following over winter to prepare for planting season.

She cut 1 foot squares of paper towels. She then glued seeds spaced by the appropriate amount to the paper towel. When the time came she just laid the paper towels down in the garden where she wanted them and watered. The seeds did not drift cause of the glue.

Everything is worth a try. If you are worried something will not work, try it both ways, and you will know for next year.

Let us know how it worked.

Mary

Hey, paper bags might not be a bad idea while building and amending soil. Grocery bags should deteriorate and let the roots penetrate while holding your cubic foot or so of "good" soil in one place. I'm going to try it. I think it'd be important to keep the top of the bag buried, just like a peat pot. Cool beans ...

Hey all I tried the paper bags, not all of them grew but some did, they are in spots all over me back yard, really cool, rooted right threw the bags, I now have tons of gourds coming also out of hay bales, they are flowering now, went to California last month to surprise my mom for her 70th, was great reunion. I found some interesting round brown seed balls on the ground, the trees looked like our maple, any one know what they are? I am going to try to plant some next year, the balls are hard and foof out when you pull the seeds out. Thanks all, pumkingal-Lisa

Love that paper bag idea. I think its worth a try.

so, now, how do you grow paper bags?

hee,hee! just kidding, kewl idea! Kinda like the newspaper pot thingy's.