How To Grow Ridge Gourd or Luffa or Turai or Dodka (Chinese Okra)

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Also known as Chinese Okra, Ridge Gourd is a delicious vegetable you can grow in your backyard! It not only makes a great dish, it also has medicinal qualities. Best eaten when tender and still green. Other names for Ridge Gourd: Luffa - Multiple languages mướp hương - Vietnam Tuppadahirekayi - Karnataka, India Dodka - Maharashtra, India Turai - In Northern India as well as Pakistan Jhinga or Nenua - Eastern India Peerkangai - Tamilnadu, India Sebot - Manipur, India Ghiraunla - Nepal Patola - Philippines Chinese okra -Canada Estropajo - Spanish

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my turai is only producing male flowers

my training is only producing male flowers

I purchased some in store. One is tasting bitter.

Do they become bitter?

What is the maturity period for ridge gourd ? I have growing and it's almost mid July , so keeping my fingers crossed

I am having difficulty to germinate these tropical plants like bitter and ridge gourd. Do you keep the soil moist all the time when u put in seeds?

Hi, I have 4 turai plants and they are doing very well. Except that there have been only male flowers (lots of them) growing on those plants. I check every flower but cannot find a single female flower. Any suggestions? Thank you.

A little off topic! I have a question about how you can grow ivy gourd? From where one can get cuttings? Thank you.

hi again, i couldn't help but notice that you used the word "taro root" and Turoi or turai for this gourd (chinese okra). So are you of fiji-indian descent?

And how can you turn it into a loofah sponge???

My yellow flower cut and fall for 1 day