Fruiting: Getting long
I think I’m having luffa stir fry this weekend!
Only one luffa fruit so far. I have a few female flowers, but no male in sight. I am so glad that I played human bee when I spotted the first male flower.
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Soleil's Luffa progress journal
This entry is about Soleil's Luffa that
is currently in the Backyard garden.
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Next Posts
- Luffa with pork and cellophane noodles
- Luffa with dried shrimps and cellophane noodles
- Almost there
- Two fruits
- 2 girls, 4 boys
Buzz buzz buzz!
Listen in on the Grapevine
Wenjomatic wrote:
I had no idea they were edible! I though they were for sponges.
Posted on 05 Sep 08 (about 3 months ago)
Katxena wrote:
Wen, I thought the same thing, and I couldn’t figure out why so many people are growing them! This explains everything!
Posted on 05 Sep 08 (about 3 months ago)
Soleil wrote:
Oh yeah! I’m from Hong Kong, and grew up eating this. In fact we have different names for angled luffa and smooth luffa. Angled luffa is much more common.
Posted on 05 Sep 08 (about 3 months ago)
Verthandei wrote:
When you cook it up you’ll have to post a recipe (and photos) since I might have some soon (with any luck)… :)
Posted on 05 Sep 08 (about 3 months ago)
Skyfiery wrote:
I just received luffa seeds from a friend. Looks like I have to try growing them then!
How do you differentiate between the male and female flowers?
Posted on 05 Sep 08 (about 3 months ago)
Soleil wrote:
Verthandei: sure, I’ll take some photos when I do my stir fry.
Skyfiery: The females have a baby fruit at the end of the blossom. You can see some photos here: http://myfolia.com/journals/27788. The first bud is a female, the second a male.
Posted on 06 Sep 08 (about 3 months ago)