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  • #1

    The Luffa challenge. Come on join in.

    As i have admitted before i am a seedaholic, i recently won a auction for a selection of random seeds and ended up with a few packs of Suttons Luffa seeds, well i don't know what to do with them, i didn't even know you could grow them (i thought they came from the sea :roll eyes: )

    So who is up for a challenge?

    I will send out 3/4 seeds to whoever wants to join in, lets see who can grow the biggest or the most (open to ideas)

    I have enough for 20 of us to play

    The winner gets a lovely luffa

    We can give as gifts or enjoy ourselves, you can even eat them.

    All i ask is once you have received your item, if you can just reimburse me for the postage, something like 80pence/1 pound via paypal. So maybe send me something back.

    I will put some pics of the packets later
    I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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    I tried a few years ago and failed miserably. However, I gave some seed to my dad and his plants grew well but didn't fruit. Would love to know how peeps get on if they take up the challenge

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    • #3
      Sorry, they take up lots of space and I want that for things I know I want to eat. Mebbe if I had a full plot and not a half.
      http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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      • #4
        We always had a luffa in the bath when were a lad... never knew you could grow em from seed...........
        Its Grand to be Daft...

        https://www.youtube.com/user/beauchief1?feature=mhee

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        • #5
          I'd like to play please

          I too have tried growing them before (without success) but this I year was the talk of the allotments just for growing Thelma Sanders....imagine what they'll make of luverly luffas

          So, even though I expect to lose... count me in
          http://goneplotterin.blogspot.co.uk/

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          • #6
            If memory serves me correctly,there is a thread on here form way back about growing loofer's,will have a look,
            sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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            • #7
              This one LD ?? ... http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ofah_5465.html
              He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

              Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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              • #8
                Aww I'd love to but I only have a third of a plot! Great idea though and I'll be interested to see the results.
                Last edited by VolesAteMyPeas; 24-11-2014, 08:18 PM.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by bearded bloke View Post
                  This one LD ?? ... http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ofah_5465.html
                  I recon it must be,you good at searching BB thankyou,i had a go and got nowhere,it's good something woke my grey cells up
                  it was the spelling that got me
                  Last edited by lottie dolly; 24-11-2014, 08:08 PM.
                  sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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                  • #10
                    Pleasure LD I cheated & used the latin name reduces the number of hits by removing random mentions chat threads, etc
                    He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                    Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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                    • #11
                      Ok, Mulled it looks like it is you and me, i think VC might be in as she likes a challenge

                      So we know, we all will win something, gold, silver and bronze
                      I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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                      • #12
                        I have a packet of Luffa seeds, bought years ago and still in their packet Seemed like a good idea at the time, but I never remembered to sow them at the right time Maybe next year, if you remind me

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                        • #13
                          I will try, but what i am to do with the 80 seeds i have….... I guess i will send some to VSP, but i have so many for there.

                          P.s send me pm's with addresses
                          I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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                          • #14
                            Set up an organically grown Luffa business?

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                            • #15
                              I've tried since I got the seeds about 2 yrs ago. Haven't managed to get one seed to germinate yet.

                              Every year I look at the beggars with narrowed eyes, and bung a few seeds in!

                              This year I considered writing to the company and asking if they were trick seeds.
                              Ali

                              My blog: feral007.com/countrylife/

                              Some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints!

                              One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French

                              Member of the Eastern Branch of the Darn Under Nutter's Club

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