Too Many Plants..What to do with Luffas?

[bluelacedredhead]

So I've filled my main garden do overflowing with plants. No room for the dozen Luffa I started.

I thought I might grow them up the south side of the house, but instead, I put my Japanese veggie garden there. I've got Adzuki beans, Japanese cucumbers, peas from a WWII Internment camp for Japanese Canadians, Red Kuri and Malabar Spinach, which my Japanese friend tells me is grown as an edible shade plant in Japan.

I'm thinking of putting the Luffa in containers? But a google search turned up comments like "large" due to their root system, yet the pics shown were 6" pots? Okay...that's not quite what I would call large..

So I think I'll just base it on my knowledge of raising tomatoes in containers. 5 gallon or larger should do the trick.

Anyone here have experience growing luffa in containers?
Barring that, what think you of my idea??

They are already starting to bloom in litre ice cream tubs. I want to move them before I lose any more blooms or fruit..

[jcm05]

I had no idea what a Luffa was so I googled it. My bad. Looks to be part of the curcurbit family? I have not grown them in containers, but IMO anything that can be grown in the garden can be grown in containers. It will just require a little more diligent fertilizing as container mixes will not provide the nutrients that a healthy soil will and also more attention to watering. Good luck Blue.

[bluelacedredhead]

JT, When we lived in Zone 5, I found that the most successful way to grow Eggplant was in large black containers because they held the heat better than a large expanse of garden soil.
I watered them every night and I fertilized weekly. I'll be following the same regimen with the Luffas.
I'll get sponges yet, Dammit! ;D