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Loofah Plants?

I am so excited!! 

Yesterday I FINALLY planted my seeds that a friend gave me for my Loofah Plant. 


Do you know where loufa sponges come from? If you were thinking "from the ocean", like me, you would be wrong!! These sponges are grown from zucchini/cucumber type plants! 

                                  UNBELIEVABLE Right?! 


So here's what happened....I was looking around on some of my community groups on Facebook, and a friend had posted that she had loofah plant seeds. I was so curious about what this was so I went straight to YouTube and watched a few videos. I was so excited about the chance to get these seeds to add to my suburban homestead! 

Here's a few videos about them.  

             You can do so much with these little boogers!!

Use as a dish sponge!

                           Use in the shower!

                                                 Give as gifts!

                                                               And of course, EAT THEM!

And the best part is that they are organic, natural, and they are FREE of poisonous plastic and chemicals. I mean, HOW have I not heard of these before now????!!!!

So anyway, I decided to go ahead and plant them even though it is late September here in Florida. I'm hoping that this winter will be as mild as last winter so I can get a crop....it's a 50/50 shot!
 **fingers crossed***

            I planted 4 seeds by our big tree in the back, and 4 more over by my little teepee I made from sticks my kids found. I think the teepee might be a lil bit too small, but we will see. Next spring I am planning on making a big trellis for these babies!! But I just wanted to get some in the ground and see what happens!


          Sometimes we get all worried about the "proper planting time" or "proper planting place" etc,



but my philosophy is to throw stuff down and see what happens....


            I've had much success doing this. And it takes the stress out of planting. You can also learn alot about what plants can grow together and what can't by doing this method.
            I have found that when you read all the "rules" about planting, you don't LEARN it, you just stress about it and then never plant because you don't know what can go together, etc. But if you learn through trial and error you are alot more likely to remember your mistakes than if you read about someone else's mistakes in a book or article.

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