Luffa seed give a way drawing on the 15th

I was watching a cooking show, Chopped, and learned that Luffa, before it is fully matured, is Chinese okra, and is eatable. They said is is a lot like cucumber mixed with zucchini.

I haven't planted mine yet, due to wet weather, but I plan on getting it in the ground in the next couple of days, if it drys out enough. Have any of you planted yours yet? I was thinking of letting it climb my fence.

God bless,
Chad

I planted my Luffa seeds today. I planted some that I plan to train to climb, and some that will just grow on the ground. I will keep you a posted on them as the season wears on.

God bless,
Chad

Let us know how they do! I need to hurry up and plant mine, too.

Well I forgot to update this last year, and was just thinking about these again.

I live next to a building owned by the local community collage, and my Luffa plants were planted on the fence between my house and their parking lot. Well, they hired a teenage boy to spray weed killer around the building, and he sprayed my luffas and one of my tomato plants. I am sure it was not on purpose, but it killed them all.

Did anyone else have theirs turn out?

I had a failure to thrive that I am blaming on weather and soil conditions. Being a heavy clay soil that was freshly limed I have to wonder if the lime had time to work.