I have seeds that grow huge squash to trade for african kettle gourd seeds craig.farms@yahoo.com

Its a yellow crookneck squash, but its old. Good crook necks are a pale yellow and the darker they get the tougher they are. You could save the seeds.

Yeah Ken, veggie grafting is not too unusual. The reasons for it are often unusual though I guess... From what I understand grafting of things like tomatoes is typically done in areas plagued by certain soil-borne diseases/pests. Grafting of cucurbits is practiced mainly to increase plant growth and yield. Also, I'm sure you've seen those gimicky seed catalogs selling tomato plants grafted onto a potato, so you get both crops from a single plant? I'm interested in this buffalo gourd idea because of the plant's tough perennial character. I'm definitely not the first to be interested in this plant, as horticulturists have been trying to put it to use for a century now, for the oil in its seed, the starch in its enormous taproot, as well as for its genes. The latter has not worked out, since it will not hybridize with other members of its genus (some ploidy problem I gather).

Would love to have these in my garden this year, if you have a few extra you would be able to trade please let me know. Take a look at my trade list. If there is something else you may be looking for please ask as I may not have all listed. Thanks in advance. Here is a link that might be useful: My trade list