Serpenta di Sicilia

[bobleponge]

Find attached the fruit of my labours. There are 19 of these monsters here, I have already used 2 and given 2 away plus one had started to rot. After my pronouncement that there wasnt one under 1.5m (with or without assistance of Zazens boy/girl measurement converter) I am ashamed to say that I found 2 under the stated length, however the remainder are over.
First pic is a standard unit of measure, known to most of us, and the second, you can see the same unit of measure on display amongst the behemoths.

[FionaH]

ooh ooh ooh seeds please pretty please double pretty please. With cherries on.

Esp if I say OF COURSE they are 1.5 m if Bob says they are

You utter crawler!

[tumbling tom]

Sorry to bring this up from the dead but just wanted ask something as I saw of these been given away on the seed swap.

How do they climb exactly? What kind of framework is needed? I ask cos I am thinking of putting one of these at the back of my square foot garden, but if you guys think it'll be too much I may not bother.

[Jeanied]

Scramble them up any fence you have TT. They are a big hit on my allotment site!

[taff]

wow, they really do look like snakes....I'm impressed...

[Jeanied]

The flowers are very pretty, too. They aren't the deep yellow of a normal squash or trumpet shaped - they are flatter and a lovely pale cream.

[smallblueplanet]

Preferred Tromba d'Albenga myself when I grew both varieties.

[tumbling tom]

Preferred Tromba d'Albenga myself when I grew both varieties.

did the plant grow the same? Also could you eat the shoots aka "tenerumi"?

Has anyone got a picture of the supports they made for this plant?

[Jeanied]

tumbling tom - on our plots one guy just lets his scramble up the wire fence!
Here is a piccie from the internet

[smallblueplanet]

did the plant grow the same? Also could you eat the shoots aka "tenerumi"?

Has anyone got a picture of the supports they made for this plant?

I can't say I paid much attention to how they grew - just planted them at the base of a metal support thingy (name escapes me atm lol) and off they went. Serpent seemed even more susceptible to cooler weather. We enjoyed eating the Tromba as 'courgette-sized' squash, didn't think the Serpent was as tasty.

[ginger ninger]

Here's a photo of the one Jeanied brought to mine over the summer. Very tasty I might add, some went into the chutney we made.