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Ornamental Luffa Gourd Squash Seeds
HEIRLOOM. Grow your own bath sponges.
Item Number: 30288A
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Tasty young fruits can be used in soups and stews, and nicely substitute for cucumbers. In ninety days or so, the heirloom gourd’s flesh is fibrous, magically transforming into natural bath sponges for cleaning and exfoliating skin to a healthy glow. Harvest at 2" long for delectable baby vegetables or up to 7" long for drying into sponges. Vines spread 12.
Key Attributes
Light Requirement
The amount of sunlight this product needs daily in order to perform well in the garden. Full sun means 6 hours of direct sun per day; partial sun means 2-4 hours of direct sun per day; shade means little or no direct sun.
Full sun
Lifecycle
This refers to whether a plant is an annual, biennial or perennial. Annuals complete their life cycles in one year; biennials produce foliage the first year and bloom and go to seed the second year; perennials can live for more than two years.
Annual
Sow Method
This refers to whether the seed should be sown early indoors and the seedlings transplanted outside later, or if the seed should be sown directly in the garden at the recommended planting time.
Outdoor
Mature Spread
The width of the plant at maturity.
144 in
Days to Maturity
The average number of days from when the plant is actively growing in the garden to the expected time of harvest.
90
Mature Height
The typical height of this product at maturity.
36 in
Fruit Size
The average size of the fruit produced by this product.
7 in
When to Plant in Your Area
Average Last Frost
Average First Frost
