PERMABREED

 Luffa. Luffa aegyptiaca   fruit miraculously freed itself from the wire in the polytunnel. The fruit is getting bigger and bigger. It's about time because temperatures are dropping. The leaves and the whole plant are suffering. I am hoping to harvest ripe seeds and to be able to try out the famous sponges. luffa gourd ripening. second fruit. Will it have time to ripen?

 Luffa gourd (luffa aegyptiaca) The fruit is getting bigger and hopefully we will get ripe seeds and get to try out the sponges. There was only one female flower to begin with but no male flowers and then only male flower for a whole month. Finally then a female flower that i hand pollinated. second fruit growing.

Sponge gourd (luffa aegyptiaca) I am growing this plant for the first time this year. It grew ok but started off making a mini cucumber with a female flower to begin with, but there was no male flowers. Then for about one month or longer it only made male flowers. Now at the end of august it has finally grown another female flower with a miniature cucumber so i hand pollinated it. I hope there is still enough time for the plant to mature and grow this fruit so i can get seeds for next year. The luffa cucumber can be used as a sponge substitute in the kitchen to replace plastic sponges. I never tried it and it's my first year growing it. Only one seed from the three i was given germinated so i am hoping the plant will at least manage to produce one ripe fruit with viable seed.