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| chickenlady |
Luffa? Loofah?I thought I might have a go at growing these this year....anyone tried them? |
| dpack |
many years ago i saw some grown outdoors in west yorks,iirc it produced a couple of small ones off a big plant .
ps i think you can eat baby ones |
| wellington womble |
Similar experience here. Might have another in the greenhouse this year. Would make brilliant Christmas presents! Easy enough to germinate and grow, just not much fruit outdoors. |
| OtleyLad |
You've got me interested - where are you getting seeds from? - I see them on ebay here for £2.19 (inc postage) for 15 seeds.
Wish I hadn't looked now, there's loads of tempting exotic things to choose from (Yum Berry anyone?). |
| 12Bore |
Well, there's edukashunal, for some reason I always thought that they were some kind of sea creature/plant! 
Puts on pointy hat and sits in the corner... |
| OtleyLad |
Well, there's edukashunal, for some reason I always thought that they were some kind of sea creature/plant!
Puts on pointy hat and sits in the corner... |
You're not alone.
I will take pictures of young plants tomorrow and hopefully post later.
It's not used often, but if anyone in the group should want to its here for free. Remote part of the Philippines, two hours from a regional airport which is forty minutes by air from Manila. Manila to here by road is about nine to ten hours. Now direct flights from UK to Philippines.
Fairly remote but safe bathing on sandy beach in the pacific and jungle across the road where monkeys are frequently caught.
Warm from late Feb to April, hot from April to October, warm from then. Wet and windy Dec and Jan.
As for Luffah, we did grown them a few years ago and managed to produce our own mini luffah. It was grown in a greenhouse, if you have success with cucumbers I'd guess you'll have success with them, although they can be rampant when they get going.
Another plant to try is the spaghetti tree...
Both types very easy to grow from seeds from the fruit. Many on our land are self seeded.
No feed or fertilizer used just nets when near ripe to prevent attacks from rooks.
Not tried the spaghetti tree. We do have a type of green bean though that's longer than any spaghetti at about 36 inches.
I'm slightly envious of your back garden, too.
Unfortunately my father died suddenly and my mother can no longer travel so my parents never used the guest house which was one of the reasons for the build.
It has been used less than ten nights in seven years, a shame really.
It is not costing me anything so if any members of the group are in the area they are welcome to use it for however long they wish.
Expensive to travel from the UK but when here difficult to find anything to spend money on.
Today, 28 degrees in the shade, soft on shore breeze, harvesting coconuts.
Whenever your ready.
I am sure everyone in the group would do the same as me if they were in this position.
I would love to visit some of the group in their locations, Bodger, RobR, Mistress Rose, Cider Lorraine etc and the next time I visit the UK I will be asking for invites.
Regards, Graham