Luffa Plant Growing Time Lapse - Seed To Gourd (114 Days)

[@TheRitajb]

I am currently growing luffa. Your video explained the short stems due to growth between male flowering. I thought I had a pest eating the plant. Now I know it is normal. Thank you. 🎉

[@tabithalacey4836]

FYI TO THOSE NEW TO GARDENING. Plants that have female and male flowers benefit from hand pollination. FEMALE FLOWERS have the fruit attached so just rub the males stub 😅 against the female's. Unless you have a bee farm or tons of flying pollinators around these types of plants benefit from human help. I do this to all my plants with male and female parts, i shake my tomato and pepper plants to help them as thats how they work and same with my corn ❤. Remember the female has the baby growing from her as a way to tell ❤😂 love laugh grow ❤❤❤

[@Tamashishi]

I have a question, I'm new to gardening so please don't mind me asking.. do I need to wait for my patola to grow a stem before exposing to sunlight?

[@Wakeupandsniffthecoffee]

I grow luffa in Virginia. I developed one that I call Virginia Huskies luffa. A cross between the common luffa and an apple. They look about the size and girth of a football. As part of a number of Luffa growers in the United States, Canada, Estonia, France and Colombia South America, it is a fun plant to grow and process. I am mesmerized by the luffa vines and I am always guiding them on their trellis to grow where I want them to. I've been hoping a time video like this was out there. I will share this video among my fellow growers. I have videos on my youtube channel, but also have a Facebook page called "For the love of luffa-loofa". I would love for fellow luffa growers to like and submit pictures and experiences.

[@toysworld2748]

Nice Timelapse I have never seen this plant

[@wanubijohari1]

thank you so much for this video. I am growing in SÃO PAULO, BRASIL and the flower keep falling off and Ibtjought I did something wrong. Now I will await the females to bloom so I can polinate them. Thanks

[@MoneyonlY581]

Marvelous

[@patriciaprochaska1334]

Im learning to grow these, but every flower that blooms is hacked off, im thinking wasps cause they had a nest right to it. Got rid of the nest but i cant get a single bloom to grow they are on the bottom of the plant everytime i check😊

[@vanessaepperson2076]

I love this video! I know understand why my flowers keep falling off. I seen you tap one flower to another…if that how you pollinated it indoors. Can they pollinate each other? I’m sorry if this is a silly question, first time grower. My vines are big and beautiful but I still have no luffas. I planted them 3.7.23. Do the vines come back year after year? Thank You so much for sharing. I seriously needed it ha ha

[@eLapseTime]

Yes, you'll need to hand-pollinate flowers by gently rubbing male flowers to the center of female flowers. They won't come back year after year, unless there are some seeds from last season dropping to the ground.

[@eyad9907]

​@@eLapseTimehow can I know if the flower male or female because I have a lot of flower but there is not any luffa

[@eyad9907]

Please

[@eLapseTime]

@@eyad9907 A female flower has a small fruit at the end of the flower, while a male one has not.

[@eyad9907]

@@eLapseTime I want to send for you a picture of for my plant . Can you give me your Instagram or twitter username ?

[@Rushedits1]

Nice time lapse and Please tell me which soil you use

[@eLapseTime]

I'm using potting mix soil.

[@Tamashishi]

Did you give it sunlight?

[@RadiantX917]

What is the size of the pot in this video? And have you transplanted it to bigger one afterwards?? Awsm time-lapse video 👍

[@eLapseTime]

It was a 10-inch pot; however, 18-inch or larger pot will works better.

[@Nikolaj14]

Incredible!

[@windowsconceptandosmaker_0347]

wait the flower stems has 2 kinds? the one without fruit and the one with fruits?

[@Den2x1218]

Good plant i have one that is dry

[@Gardening-Mel]

How tall is your plant? Thanks! I have always wanted to grow these!

[@eLapseTime]

I'm not really sure mine, but for this type of plant, its vines can reach up to 30ft in length, if they have enough space.

[@Coliath__GamingXx]

do you ever eat the foods that you produce or do you give them away... Or both

[@eLapseTime]

Oh yeah, they taste great. We also give away sometimes 😉

[@Coliath__GamingXx]

@@eLapseTime oh ok good to know

[@โคตรเซียน-ซ2ถ]

ผัดไส่ไข่ แกงเลียง อร่อยมาก❤

[@sadikakhan2906]

Is this indoor

[@eLapseTime]

Yes,

[@glennsworldoffun]

Scientific name of the gourd: Luffa actangula (Ridge gourd/Sponge gourd/Loofah) 🥒

[@windowsconceptandosmaker_0347]

i see this a lot in china

[@baltukur3368]

Not worth growing if you have short growing season needs 4 month minimum for vine to fully mature.

[@slickbelge]

I think you must have done something wrong here.. perhaps not enough phosphate ratio? most Luffas i have grown will immeditaly flower both male and female flowers. I have never seen luffa flower male-only for weeks or more, followed by female? I think you done mess up there, buddy

[@candywalker483]

This is my 2nd year growing them and the males on mine bloom almost a month before females. Zone 5b. Females don’t show up until days are a little shorter and temps a little cooler. Others have told me similar finding. Maybe the climate makes a difference.

[@slickbelge]

@@candywalker483 That is really interesting. i have never experienced this. I wonder if different varieties flower differently?

[@ruchimaurya1102]

Its not luffa, it is Ridged Gourd

[@NicoLiberman]

Luffa acutangula Is the scientific name, so its the REAL name for this plant.