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Re: luffas

Shannon Dorsey wrote:
>
> >At 06:13 PM 3/3/97 EST, you wrote:
> >>Hi!  I live in West Texas and am interested in growing luffas.  Has
> >>anyone done these before?  Can they be done the square foot method and if
> >>so how many in a square, etc.?
> >
> >Are you talking about luffas as in luffa sponges?  If you are, I don't think
> >they could be grown in Texas as they come from a natural underwater coral
> >sponge.
> >
> >An interesting thought, though:  if we ever get around to doing things like
> >farming the seas, would square foot gardening work as well there?
> >
> >Francine
> >Highland Rose Ranch
> >Montrose, Colorado
>
> Actually, they are a type of gourd.  If you can grow melons and gourds, you
> can grow louffas also.  I'm new to this square foot thing, but I would
> surmise that you should do the research on gourds and then just go for it.
>
> Shannon
>
> Shannon Dorsey, zone 9
> Martinez, California

Hello, I've been lurking for a while, and this is the first topic I've
anything to contribute. I'm a real amateur, but learning as I go.  I've
picked up a lot of good information here. I have just a few patches of
full sun, so I have lots of little beds; tomatoes up by the patio,
peppers over by the fence, etc.  This year, I intend to raise several of
them and do real sq. ft. gardening.

As to luffas: as easy to grow as zuccini. Decent soil, sun, and water;
you'll have luffas out your ears. You can stake them up or trellis them
so they take less room.  Actually, I'm not sure they even need decent
soil. Pick them when you shake them and hear the seeds rattle, then let
them finish drying out and peel them open.

Jessica Billings
Springfield, IL
Zone 5
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