Thank you so much for the videos sir, please keep them up. I've always been interested in growing my own food and other necessities, and you do a good job at breaking down the whole process, from planting, to growing, to harvesting and processing. I'm also from Ontario, so seeing things like this helps me realise what I may be able to do once I have some land I can work with.
What a great teaching!!! Your videos always amaze me!! What a blessing you are to all of us seeking the knowledge you share so freely with us ❤ Thankyou 👍🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
TX zone 8a. I also planted a bit late. 1st year gardening. I processed my loofah green and had only a few viable looking seeds. But I'm going to plant the others too. Just to see.
el nino summer was the best time to do loofah. they need long summer. they are best done in the greenhouse for us northerners. you will get earlier flowers, and thus bigger fruit. basically, they are like melons in their need for heat, especially earlier spring heat. if your pattern is anything like mine, la nina usually makes for shorter summers, if so, you might hold off on planting them next year. your placement on heater vent is a great idea. i put mine close to my wood stove and that avoids rotting. still, you actually got usable results. my first try, i just got experience on what not to do🙃
Thank you Alsan. Next year I will sow them at the same time as peppers. About mid-March. If I can have fruit starting to form in early August like my watermelon I should be good! I’m hoping my homegrown seeds will also make plants that grow a little faster! 😊
I might have mentioned that my loofah grew well but late so I too had to process them green. I very last ones, about 6, I cut off the vine after a frost so they were very wet and started to mold in my mud room but I processed them anyway. I got usable loofah but no viable seeds. I will start them earlier this year.
Hi Barb! That’s great that you got usable luffa from 6 of them! 😊 I’m going to start mine at the same time as my peppers next year. Indoors. I’ll do a video most likely.
I'm not sure what state you are in, I live in Wisconsin and have always wanted to try to grow luffas. I have always thought gardening was a experiment and try to grow new plants I don't have a lot of room so it's hard to pick what I want to try. Good to see others try new plants as well, keep planting can't wait until your next video
Obrigado pelo seu comentário. porque algumas pessoas têm temporadas muito curtas como nós, não há tempo suficiente para a bucha amadurecer na videira antes que fique muito frio e então não temos escolha a não ser colhê-la verde, e eu queria mostrar como você pode conseguir um pouco de esponja de bucha verde. Não me importo que o telefone não seja branco, de qualquer forma pode ser lavado com sabão.
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I'm NC also and I used to grow them. They do get really big if you plant them early. Some folks call them running okra when you pick em young. Slice them up, batter and fry them and they do taste similar to okra or zucchini. Supposedly you can use the sponge fiber like rockwool and grow plants in them hydroponically. Never got to try it cause I had to give up farming/gardening, but for you, it might be worth a little research in using them that way. Probably great for starting seeds in and possibly rooting plants in.
@@hog7203thank you! I will be planting them earlier next year. t the same time as my peppers. I love the idea of the rock wool. Definitely something to do with the less usable pieces. And you know. It makes so much sense. Why else would the luffa plant create such a complex structure, except to have it for the seeds. I’ll bet the roots develop a lot more quickly in that. It probably holds both moisture and heat. All the conditions for faster, earlier luffa. I’m gonna keep the piece that wasn’t so pretty with all the viable seeds and use it for some of the luffa in the spring!
@WillowsGreenPermaculture the last year that I grew luffa, I had just about enough sponges to fill up the back of a pickup truck. But I grew them on a trellis, nearly 75 yards long. 😆 My problem with growing them, and most of my other crops was not knowing how to market them, or having the extra time and help to take them to a market. Ended up giving away my luffas to everyone I knew and plenty of folks I didn't know. They used them to wash dishes etc and according to some of them, they lasted over a year before they wore them out. Years later I saw some luffas in a store for sale. Someone had made homemade soap, cut the sponges to a usable size and poured the soap in the sponge, let it dry and tied a string/rope on it. Soap on a rope with its own handy wash rag. Don't remember how much they sold them for, but they weren't cheap. Wish I'd thought of that. I'd have made a little spending cabbage with that idea.😄
@@hog7203Wow! You got lots of luffa!!! What zone are you in? When did you start them? Did you grow them outside or in a greenhouse? And you know, I have the same point of view as you with respect to marketing. It’s something I have always felt is not innate in me. We share as much as we can, and sometimes people ask to buy stuff from us, and so that is our opportunity to earn some money. 😊
Holy cow! Can you please turn off the automatic translation to other languages. It’s terrible to hear you speaking French with a weird voice and I couldn’t find how to turn it off 😢
J’espère que le suivant puisse vous aider. J’imagine que si vous avez reçu la vidéo doublée, c’est parce que la majorité des vidéos que vous écoutez sont en français. Voici ce que j’ai trouvé: Si vous souhaitez regarder une vidéo dans une autre langue sur l'application RUclips pour mobile : 1. Accédez à la vidéo que vous voulez regarder. 2. Dans le lecteur vidéo, appuyez sur Paramètres . 3. Appuyez sur Paramètres supplémentaires . 4. Appuyez sur Audio. 5. Sélectionnez la langue de votre choix. If you want to listen to a video in a different language on the RUclips mobile app: 1. Go to the video that you want to watch. 2. In the video player, tap Settings . 3. Tap Additional settings . 4. Tap Audio. 5. Choose your preferred language.
Hi Paty! See the link attached below for a short video guide I made to changing your audio language. I had started it over the holidays, recording the spoken parts! Then I saw your comment and decided to finish it! I hope it helps! ruclips.net/video/v7aAyhJ7d3w/видео.htmlsi=hA50wPUT0r7cwaJ_
Thank you so much for the videos sir, please keep them up. I've always been interested in growing my own food and other necessities, and you do a good job at breaking down the whole process, from planting, to growing, to harvesting and processing. I'm also from Ontario, so seeing things like this helps me realise what I may be able to do once I have some land I can work with.
It’s a great pleasure. Thank you for your comment. Even if you have a little balcony in an aoartment, you could start exoerimenting. 😊
What a great teaching!!! Your videos always amaze me!! What a blessing you are to all of us seeking the knowledge you share so freely with us ❤ Thankyou 👍🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I am glad my videos are helpful! Thank you for your comment!
My favorite part of a very enjoyable video 15:50
Thank you! Me too I think! 😊
Thank you God bless you MARANATHA
You’re welcome! And thank you! God bless you too!
TX zone 8a. I also planted a bit late. 1st year gardening. I processed my loofah green and had only a few viable looking seeds. But I'm going to plant the others too. Just to see.
Your viable seeds should do better than your original ones. But yes, it would be a good idea to plant both!
el nino summer was the best time to do loofah. they need long summer. they are best done in the greenhouse for us northerners. you will get earlier flowers, and thus bigger fruit. basically, they are like melons in their need for heat, especially earlier spring heat. if your pattern is anything like mine, la nina usually makes for shorter summers, if so, you might hold off on planting them next year. your placement on heater vent is a great idea. i put mine close to my wood stove and that avoids rotting. still, you actually got usable results. my first try, i just got experience on what not to do🙃
Thank you Alsan. Next year I will sow them at the same time as peppers. About mid-March. If I can have fruit starting to form in early August like my watermelon I should be good! I’m hoping my homegrown seeds will also make plants that grow a little faster! 😊
I might have mentioned that my loofah grew well but late so I too had to process them green. I very last ones, about 6, I cut off the vine after a frost so they were very wet and started to mold in my mud room but I processed them anyway. I got usable loofah but no viable seeds. I will start them earlier this year.
Hi Barb! That’s great that you got usable luffa from 6 of them! 😊 I’m going to start mine at the same time as my peppers next year. Indoors. I’ll do a video most likely.
Just for anyone from Ontario, Eastern Ontario Homesteaders conference will be May 3, 2025 in Marmora, ontario.
Oh wow, that’s close to home! Is there a website where I can get more info? I will definitely publicize this!
I'm not sure what state you are in, I live in Wisconsin and have always wanted to try to grow luffas. I have always thought gardening was a experiment and try to grow new plants I don't have a lot of room so it's hard to pick what I want to try. Good to see others try new plants as well, keep planting can't wait until your next video
Thank you! Space is always the thing! I often plant more than I should in. Given space! 😊
A bucha deve ser colhida madura para a fibra ficar branca. Não pode colher verde e nem deixar secar no pé.
Obrigado pelo seu comentário. porque algumas pessoas têm temporadas muito curtas como nós, não há tempo suficiente para a bucha amadurecer na videira antes que fique muito frio e então não temos escolha a não ser colhê-la verde, e eu queria mostrar como você pode conseguir um pouco de esponja de bucha verde. Não me importo que o telefone não seja branco, de qualquer forma pode ser lavado com sabão.
I am in eastern Ontario and tried to grow luff as but they never sprouted!
Try starting them indoors in a sunny window like peppers.
I though Luffa was grown for animal fodder. They are huge in NC, Ben grows them on the Hollar homestead.
When they are young and tender they can be eaten like zucchini. I mainly want them for the sponge!
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I'm NC also and I used to grow them. They do get really big if you plant them early. Some folks call them running okra when you pick em young. Slice them up, batter and fry them and they do taste similar to okra or zucchini.
Supposedly you can use the sponge fiber like rockwool and grow plants in them hydroponically. Never got to try it cause I had to give up farming/gardening, but for you, it might be worth a little research in using them that way. Probably great for starting seeds in and possibly rooting plants in.
@@hog7203thank you! I will be planting them earlier next year. t the same time as my peppers. I love the idea of the rock wool. Definitely something to do with the less usable pieces. And you know. It makes so much sense. Why else would the luffa plant create such a complex structure, except to have it for the seeds. I’ll bet the roots develop a lot more quickly in that. It probably holds both moisture and heat. All the conditions for faster, earlier luffa. I’m gonna keep the piece that wasn’t so pretty with all the viable seeds and use it for some of the luffa in the spring!
@WillowsGreenPermaculture the last year that I grew luffa, I had just about enough sponges to fill up the back of a pickup truck. But I grew them on a trellis, nearly 75 yards long. 😆 My problem with growing them, and most of my other crops was not knowing how to market them, or having the extra time and help to take them to a market. Ended up giving away my luffas to everyone I knew and plenty of folks I didn't know. They used them to wash dishes etc and according to some of them, they lasted over a year before they wore them out. Years later I saw some luffas in a store for sale. Someone had made homemade soap, cut the sponges to a usable size and poured the soap in the sponge, let it dry and tied a string/rope on it. Soap on a rope with its own handy wash rag. Don't remember how much they sold them for, but they weren't cheap. Wish I'd thought of that. I'd have made a little spending cabbage with that idea.😄
@@hog7203Wow! You got lots of luffa!!! What zone are you in? When did you start them? Did you grow them outside or in a greenhouse?
And you know, I have the same point of view as you with respect to marketing. It’s something I have always felt is not innate in me. We share as much as we can, and sometimes people ask to buy stuff from us, and so that is our opportunity to earn some money. 😊
Holy cow! Can you please turn off the automatic translation to other languages. It’s terrible to hear you speaking French with a weird voice and I couldn’t find how to turn it off 😢
J’espère que le suivant puisse vous aider. J’imagine que si vous avez reçu la vidéo doublée, c’est parce que la majorité des vidéos que vous écoutez sont en français. Voici ce que j’ai trouvé:
Si vous souhaitez regarder une vidéo dans une autre langue sur l'application RUclips pour mobile :
1. Accédez à la vidéo que vous voulez regarder.
2. Dans le lecteur vidéo, appuyez sur Paramètres .
3. Appuyez sur Paramètres supplémentaires .
4. Appuyez sur Audio.
5. Sélectionnez la langue de votre choix.
If you want to listen to a video in a different language on the RUclips mobile app:
1. Go to the video that you want to watch.
2. In the video player, tap Settings .
3. Tap Additional settings .
4. Tap Audio.
5. Choose your preferred language.
Hi Paty! See the link attached below for a short video guide I made to changing your audio language. I had started it over the holidays, recording the spoken parts! Then I saw your comment and decided to finish it! I hope it helps!
ruclips.net/video/v7aAyhJ7d3w/видео.htmlsi=hA50wPUT0r7cwaJ_
@ merci ❤️
@PatyMedina-d4w Ça fait plaisir! 😊
@ I saw it, thank you so much 😊