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Title: First Gac fruits
Post by: Chandramohan on May 02, 2017, 08:12:56 AM

First 'Momordica cochinchinensis'/Gac Fruits on my vine.
(https://s29.postimg.cc/wb3kng6ir/IMG20170502084401.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/wb3kng6ir/)

(https://s1.postimg.cc/xuf5f43bf/IMG20170502084347.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/xuf5f43bf/)

Title: Re: First Gac fruits
Post by: LivingParadise on May 02, 2017, 01:02:22 PM

Wow, that is so cool! Congrats! Can you tell us about the growing conditions? I have been eyeing these for a few years and would like to try them out someday.

Can you compare the taste to anything? Recipes to share?

Title: Re: First Gac fruits
Post by: Chandramohan on May 02, 2017, 10:07:01 PM

Gac grows well in the sun, it does not like too much of shade. I water the plants about twice a week. The fruits in the photo were set with hand pollination. Regarding taste, a friend of mine told me that the tender fruits can be used in stir fry like M.charantia but without the bitterness.. Since I am at the moment in US, when I return to India on the 17th of May, I will be able to give a personal opinion about taste.

Title: Re: First Gac fruits
Post by: Zambezi on May 06, 2017, 07:48:25 PM

Congratulations Chandramohan!