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Aww, I would love to see yours! This is my first crack at it. Next year, I'll keep it out of the tree and guess I'll have to hand pollinate, since it seems my bees are prejudiced to prettier flowers. :)

That's so funny! I do the same thing. Going to add a note for next April to start the seedlings. :)

That could exactly be the problem! Okay, you make it sound easy. I'll try again next spring. I'm sure there's a video on Youtube that I can watch. <grin>

Good info. Yes, they also mentioned pollination, but I have LOTS of bees. Nearby are raspberries, sunflowers ... and more. I have about a dozen 4x8 raised beds with flowers and veggies. Maybe next time I'll try hand pollination. Going to peel them for the sponge. :)

Yeah, before I found those 3 gourds, I was wondering why the plants were so healthy with flowers and all, but no fruit. Seems it may be a common problem. Not pollinated or no female plants? I think I just got lucky. I have a slew of flowers without fruit.

On a whim last winter, I decided to plant a luffa gourd plant in the spring. Got my seeds, and started them early. They finally went into the ground, about 7 seedlings, and I've been watching them all summer. It went HUGE! Here's a pic of them climbing halfway up a big tree. Sadly, plenty of...