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spiralgirl
21-10-2009, 03:17 PM
anyone grown too many? i have seeds here and im about to plant them, but i wont have any sponges for a long time and Id like to replace my kitchen sponge with a loofah. Im happy to pay for it, just dont seem to be able to find them online anywhere ( seeds yes, sponges are harder to find it seems!)

thanks
xx
soulmama
21-10-2009, 03:20 PM
Bel... maybe? :neutral
spiralgirl
21-10-2009, 03:36 PM
found that aussie soap supplies sells them....but id rather buy from someone I know.....but if nobody has them I can at least get them online :)
mama_bel
21-10-2009, 04:22 PM
I've only got half a dozen left I'm sorry... And will be 6 months till my next lot are ready. I think the kids have been using them to wash out the animal troughs etc, as the cupboard went bare quickly this year!

Glad you found some though, T.
Rinelle
21-10-2009, 04:36 PM
At the right time of the year, they have them at the Caboolture markets. I haven't seen them in the last few weeks though. Unfortunately I only have a couple left too.
Nyree
21-10-2009, 04:58 PM
*hijack*

I want to plant some. How many would you get per plant?
Aine
22-10-2009, 11:40 AM
i think i shall do the same Ny plant some
mama_bel
22-10-2009, 12:08 PM
You get lots per plant. The plants need a long growing season - 6 months of warm weather. They're heavy feeders - water and organic matter and it's a vine like a choko or cucumber vine so it needs somewhere to ramble.
Nyree
23-10-2009, 03:46 AM
6 months, hey? Should be OK if I get them in soon. And yes - I've already got a fence in mind :)
spiralgirl
29-10-2009, 12:47 AM
Today the lovely Kaoss gave me her one and only luffa from this years growing season ( she had stacks but only one dried successfully) Bless her little cotton socks

I cut it into 3 sponges and OMG i am loving using them to wash dishes!

So..... YAY!!!!!!!!!
Blossomtime
29-10-2009, 09:44 AM
6 months, hey? Should be OK if I get them in soon. And yes - I've already got a fence in mind :)

Do they grow well in tassie? Dad always talked about them growing in the backyard when he was a kid and I just assumed they were a tropical thing...

Off to reasearch:)
mama_bel
29-10-2009, 11:19 AM
I've never heard of them growing well down south. They are a tropical plant...

I wrote about them on my garden blog, here (http://belindamoore.blogspot.com/2009/07/loofah-or-luffa.html).