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Luffa (sponge) gourd - lacking female flowers
I've planted some luffa gourds next to my back porch. Over the past few
weeks, they have really taken off - some of them growing close to a foot a day. I have noticed some female flowers and small fruit as the vines grow, but then when I look for them later, I don't seem to find them. Today I found a few, still rather tiny looking, and mostly yellow, slightly wrinkled. I think this is what happens when they "abort". I've never seen a single female fruit actually flower to this point. There are PLENTY of yellow male flowers. In fact, these plants seem to be producing an amazing amount of male flowers - extremely prolific. However, I didn't grow these for a flower display - I'm actually wanting the gourds, so that I can have some luffa sponges later this year. Do most of the female flowers only show up later in the season, or is something going on here that shouldn't be? |
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