Sow Right Seeds - Luffa Gourd Seed for Planting - Non-GMO Heirloom Packet with Instructions to Plant a Home Vegetable Garden - Grow Your Own Loofah Sponge at Home - Show Off Unique Gourds (1)

I bought these April 12th and got them on the 18th of 2023 for 5.99 plus 51 cents tax. Around the middle of May I soaked them in water to help soften the hard shells and then a few days later put them in potting soil. A few days later the first signs of sprouting happened. I got 9 out of the 10 I planted. I planted the seedling the last week of May and all of them survived except for one that was broken by watering or by an animal. So I ended with full size plants. The 2 photos are from June 23, 2023. Every day or 2 I go out and help the plant find its way up on to the trellis which is made with a 16 foot cattle panel spaced 4 or 5 feet apart and is held in the ground with 4 half t posts and wired on to them. We have added fertilizer twice to them so far and will be adding even more. The ground around it is all covered with weed barrier. I intend to update this and add more photos as the year progresses. July 16 was a really bad day as we got nearly 30 mins of shooter marble size hail and destroyed nearly everything we had. The luffa plant was destroyed so bad that it had maybe 10% of its leaves left. Today Is Aug 3rd and the new photo shows the recovery. It is massive and unsure really as to how many plants survived the hail.(started with 8) Time will tell if it bares fruit. We have been giving it a lot of water and fertilizing it quite a bit. We have about 2 months of warm weather left for the year and if any luck part of a 3rd. Lets hope that there is enough time to produce some fruit. If not we have plans to next year. Hail is bad. Its now Aug 24th and still have not seen a single fruit. The entire panel is so loaded and full so much that you can not even see inside the arch anymore as the vines have closed up each side. No photos today, Yet might try another day. I read that only 1 out of 10 flowers are female. I also read that they can be super hard to fruit. I have more than enough bugs, bees, ants and so on to flower this. My flower bed is full of flowers that feed a host of animals including my humming bird, humming bird moths, and a vast range of birds. There are massive amounts of bees, flies, ants and other critters. I read that trimming all of the suckers sticking out might promote flower growth so yesterday I went around and trimmed any vines that were on the ground, growing in to other plants, sticking out or anything. Lets see if that helps. It has been super hot 100 plus. I have made sure that they have more than enough water and fertilizer as well. """ Luffa will produce fruit 3 months after direct seeding, and 4 months after starting seeds inside. They are ready to harvest 6-7 months after seeding.Mar 3, 2022""" So according to this I should be getting fruit in 2 to 3 week which would be 4 months. I started the seedlings inside and planted the seedling outside which took a few days to turn from seedling to plant. If that is the case I would hope to see fruit here soon. I do wish Amazon allowed comments with in reviews if the person allows it. Would be helpful to have a comment or 2.

Amazing germination, good growth and hardy during windy weather. This is my second time purchasing and I would definitely recommend this to everyone!!

I planted a few seeds, so far so good, they are growing but not fast enough for me ha ha Can’t wait until harvest day!

most of the seeds have germanated well , we will have to see how they continue to grow.

Excellent , it exceeded my expectations

I have a greenhouse and started the seeds 3 weeks ago following the directions printed and still no sprouts. Everything else I've planted has sprouted but no luffa. Disappointed and I was so excited

I started these seeds inside, in February, before transplanting into my garden. Germination rate was excellent. They attached to the trellis quickly and grew substantial vines. Unfortunately, my experience did not yield any fruit before the first killing frost in October. My other squash produced, so I know it wasn't a nutritional issue with my soil. I will try earlier next year with a cloche to extend the growing season.

I winter sowed them in recycled water jugs. They sprouted! I planted them to give up a trellis.