Grow your own amazing autumn decorations with this glorious mix of inedible gourds! 'Autumn Glory' is a hand-picked mix of ornamental gourds to grow in your garden, in a wide variety of colours and shapes. Adults and children will both enjoy watching the plants grow and harvesting the marvellous mix of smooth skinned, warty and winged gourds! These ornamental fruits not to be eaten but are ideal for adding to autumn floral decorations or dried and varnished as unusual ornaments for around the home. Sow April-May. Soak seeds for 2 hours. Sow seed, 1cm (1/2") deep in 7.5cm (3in) pots of free-draining, seed sowing mix. Place container in a propagator or seal inside a plastic bag and place at a temperature of 20-25C (68-77F) until after germination which takes 7-21 days. Do not exclude light, as this helps germination. Can also be sown direct outdoors once the soil has warmed. Sow 2 seeds every 60cm (24in) and thin out to the best seedling. Gradually acclimatise plants to cooler conditions