Luffa Progress

My luffa vines have been growing well since I last showed them in late May.

We bought a trellis arch for them to climb on to utilize vertical space without shading our garden plots. They grew up on to it by late June.

I literally think the vines were growing three inches a day for about a month. Once they hit this point in early July, the vines began growing off-shoots. And I think I just spotted my first flower on the vine!

The vines do take a lot of water–I’d read about that–they look a bit wilty in this picture (and the rest of my yard looks dead) but they always perk up well after watering.

My mom recently snuck a picture in a shop for me of some cute novelty luffa sponges. I think there’s a lot of potential in that idea.

I hope my vines are very productive this fall.