Echinocystis lobata
Wild Cucumber · Prickly Cucumber
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- climbing annualPlants of the World Online
- Flower
- White, greenish-yellowWikipedia
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors.
Worth knowing
- The fruit looks like a cucumber but is not edible. When it ripens, the bottom of the pod opens and the seeds drop out; the papery husk hangs on through winter. Minnesota Wildflowers: Wild Cucumber
- A vine that climbs to about 30 feet in moist woods and along stream banks. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: Echinocystis lobata
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993Difficulty Low
Sow outdoors and leave it
Up in March and April.
No stated waiting before sowing.
90% germination.
This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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