I'm with cucamelon

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  1. Loofah

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    I've ordered seeds for these. They sound ace.

    The seller says you can lift and store the roots before the first frost, so I plan to grow mine in large pots sunk into the ground, so that I can just dig the whole pot out, keeping the roots intact.
     
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    I need to pot mine on... Frankly I'm at a loss as to where to grow them!
     
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    Make a cane wig-wan in a border & cover it with some netting and let them scramble up that.. ;)
     
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    I had to do another sowing as I left them out one night by mistake.. Well I forgot them.... :doh: and the snails munched them off overnight....!!!!! Grrrrr :mad: Anyway this 2nd lot are coming along nicely now.. :thumbsup:
     
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    Sowed mine 24th of April (greenhouse heated at night) and they took about 2 weeks to pop their heads but they are tiny, its like transplanting a petunia or snapdragon from a seed tray, still small but I have moved them onto 2 inch pots , will try and take a photo tomorrow.

    Brought 20 seeds but only sowed 12 and about 10 of the 12 seeds germinated, might sow the other 8 as well and then store them for next year, I think you store the tuber as you would with a Dahlia?
     
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    I've got 4 plants in the polytunnel. With the recent sunny weather they've started to grow quite well:) They do seem to like plenty of moisture, though.
     
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    I just checked again and all 12 of the seeds sown had germinated :spinning:

    And just sown the remaining 11 in the packet :)

    cucamelon.jpg
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    yep I have a few on the go, still small though
     
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    Threads merged Loofah.. :thumbsup:

    Well my second sowing are all through now and I defo won't leave these out by mistake..! :doh:
     
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      They do seem slow to move on. I repotted 2 weeks ago and seem to be sulking. :scratch:
       
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      I potted on a few seedlings and they put on a bit of weight very quickly... Just need to watch them over the next week to see how they continue
       
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      Well mine were growing great . I potted on three , but left them on a top shelf in my GH - really meant for odds and sods not plants . I think I fried 2 of them ! So only one left.....
       
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