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24 May 10, Heather (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Can anyone tell me the best time to plant Loofah seeds? I keep getting them started, forever buying seeds, they come up, healthy seedlings, I plant them out, then they die. We are 90 mins North West of Brisbane on the rim of Daguilar range.

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26 Sep 10, Hellen (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have tried a few times to get my seedlings to not die on me until I tried growing them in Jiffy 8cm peat pots which I transplanted into a well composted place in my garden.pot and all. Tried it this way because i read somewhere that loophas hate having their roots disturbed. Sccess at last.

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15 Aug 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Try planting the seeds direct.

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19 May 10, dixiebelle (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I grew Luffa's in ACT, hoping maybe to get some loofahs from them. They took a while to really get going (after a good rain) then the vine took off, but wasn't til towards the end of Summer that any flowers finally came on. I was surprised they actually formed fruit, and thought it was too late by then anyway, but then they grew & grew, and even into Autumn, the vine & fruit were still green and growing well. I didn't do anything particular to help them grow, but perhaps will try pinching the tips to encourage more female flowers next year! I was going to leave them on the vine to dry, but a few mornings of frost put an end to that. I took off the large fruit, and the next day, the frost had killed the vine anyway. I am trying to dry the fruit out on the sunny laundry windowsill, and hope that does the trick!

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18 May 10, Char (Australia - temperate climate)

I was able to buy these from Ebay australia.. just did a Luffa seed search

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17 May 10, George Willcox (Australia - temperate climate)

You can get these on-line from Green Harvest Seeds Look them up via a web-search to get the URL Hope this helps!

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17 May 10, Kathy (Australia - temperate climate)

where can I buy these seed in australia

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18 Feb 10, Jayaprakash (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Where can I find Luffa seeds??

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02 Feb 10, Celeste (Australia - tropical climate)

Loofas will tolerate the dry conditions but will grow pretty much anywhere.I have always left the sponges dry on the vine. What are the advantages of peeling them green other than the whiteness? My vine is now two years old.It diddn't get cold enough last year to kill it off. As this is the first vine I grew where I live now, I'll be interested to see if it survives another year and how it behaves.

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31 Jan 10, diane (Australia - tropical climate)

I'm fascinated at the idea of needing to plant luffa seeds :>) Seeds from dried fruit seem to grow wherever they land for me. Anyone want some?

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