Quick order form

You already know the products you want to order ?

Click on the button below to access our quick order form and save time.

Access quick order form

Luffa Sponge

Luffa Sponge

Subcategories

There are 2 products.

Showing 1-2 of 2 item(s)

Browse catalog by type and build your cart by clicking add to cart. Once clicked and spinner starts, the item is automatically in your shopping cart. When ready to checkout, view your cart and select "Place My Order."



10% of all profits are donated to goodwill projects at our expense.
Angled Luffa Acutangula, (Extra Long) Edible, Sponge - [ Seed2Go.ca ] - [Seed Packets] - Okra -
  • -$0.16
  • New

Angled Luffa Acutangula, (Extra Long) Edible, Sponge

Angled luffa is an edible, ridged gourd that is a tropical vine in the cucumber family, also known as Chinese okra or ridged gourd. The immature fruits are a green, cylindrical vegetable with a mild, zucchini-like flavor that is eaten cooked or raw in dishes like curries and soups. When the fruit matures and dries, its fibrous interior becomes the natural loofah sponge used for cleaning. 

Type Gourds
Family Gourd Family
Temperature Soil 65-70F
Temperature Daytime 50-90F
Temperature Evening 55+F
Lighting Full, 6-8 Hours Per Day
Water Steady: 6 Gallons / Day
Maturity Long, 90-120 Days Harvest
PH Neutral 6.0-7.0
Zones 3A-9B
Plant Placement 4 Plants, 2 Per Row

Ridge Gourd: Hero is a high yielding photo insensitive hybrid variety of ridge gourd. Fruits are vigorous in growth and resistant to biotic and a biotic stresses. Fruit length is 40 – 45 cm and weight 250-300 g each. Plant harvesting starts around 40 – 45 days after sowing. Yield is 14 – 16 tons/acre.

 

★★★★★ In Stock
Regular price $2.65 Price $2.49

Luffa Sponge, Gourd, Luffa Aegyptiaca, Egyptian Cucumber, Vietnamese Luffa, SE Asia

You can grow your own sponges. Loofah is a plant in the squash family that loves warm weather. Drying the vegetable out and letting peeling back the skin reveals a incredible sponge that lasts. 

The three-lobed leaves are 7.5–20 centimetres (3–8 inches) wide.

The fruit, approximately 30 cm (12 in) long and maturing to brown, resembles a cucumber in shape and size.

The young fruit is eaten as a vegetable and is commonly grown for that purpose in tropical Asia. The young shoots, flowers and leaves can be cooked, and the mature seeds can be roasted for consumption.

★★★★★ In Stock
Price $3.69