Luffa (Luffa aegyptiaca)

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jun 14, 2002

Common name: Luffa
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Luffa
Species aegyptiaca

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luffamom Boonville, NC(Zone 7a) Jul 21, 2004

Did you let yours grow until frost, or did you harvest before then? Also, do the fruits get so heavy that they break the vine? Thanks!

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 22, 2004

First of all, there is no frost here. I'm in the tropics. Those were grown from seed received from a trade with a friend here on DG. Perhaps that is the reason why the fruits were not healthy - insects had attacked before it ripened (am an organic gardener). So there were no seed from them. It flowers nicely but the problem is with fruits. I'm growing a couple of them now and they are flowering too. Let's hope they perform better this time.

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