How to Grow, Harvest, Peel, and Process Luffa Sponges | 1818 Farms 

Oh Thanks for this!! My daddy use to grow these in the 70’s & I had forgot how much fun they are! Glad I came across a Southern gal!!

The arch is fantastic! This is my first year growing luffa. I live in SoCal and started them early (may). I jad 2 harvests off of two plants. We had a cool start to summer and there were only 5. Then a heat wave in August made the plants explode with new grow and luffas. The vine is crazy. Such as interesting process with heavy fruit and then this light spongy thing. So many pollinators!

8:15 interesting how it resembles the elephant's trunk, the holes. Nature is amazing.

I just heard your interview on the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast, and am now a new subscriber! Tue interview was so full of great information and teaching. Thank you.

Cog Hill Farm sent me to see you and your baby doll sheep and flower farm

Thank you so much for sharing next year ill be planning to grow some as well.

So wonderful to see a new video. Been missing your content.

I’m a new sub from Lisa’s channel. Beautiful farm you have.

I just came over from Coghill and subscribed to your channel.

Jason & Brooke from Cog Hill sent me. New subscriber ❤

I'm going on four years since first discovering them. I'm in Virginia. My second year I came up with a hybrid luffa I named Virginia Huskies luffa. They are more the size of softballs and footballs. Not super long, but wide in girth. I have videos on this RU-vid channel from this year and on my Facebook page "For the love of luffa-loofa". My first year I dried them and then shook the seeds out. This year I peel before heavily dried and wash out the luffa in a bucket. The seeds wash out and usually float. I put them into a strainer and rinse and then let them dry. I wash the sponge to take out the let over meat and I'm ready to hang and dry the luffa. At this point if there are dark spots, I may do a bleach soak. I find that this eliminates all the seed shaking out business. With a dozen or more trays of dried seeds, I then vacuum pack and label them accordingly. Then I sell seeds to my seed reseller and sell the sponges to crafty people. I would do it, just for fun and to watch the bees. I will share this on my Facebook page. Thanks!

Wow that was a huge 🐝 bee 😮

Extremely informative video, thanks for the great content!

Great video love love the arbor! how is it so wide? Do you have two in the ground and then one placed on top I can’t figure it out!

Thank you for your video! I have my first and only loofa to process! It dried inside this year.

Thank you so much for this video! This is my first year growing these and I harvested the first two WAY to early. Should i let them sit or cut them open and then let them dry? Can you save the wet seeds as well?

Thank you

Great video

For the yellowish gourd you can simply soak it and unsheath it ♡♡♡

I just ordered the seeds! Besides the support and planting early what other tips do you have? I’m in zone 6a. Thank you! I’m looking forward to growing these!

I have mine growing now. Got my trellis up. Excited! Do you bleach yours?

those are some really nice snips, what brand are they? this was my first year for luffa and they are coming in great. I only have two 4x8 raised beds but I plan on adding in a third one this winter to do more next year.

How many plants are growing on that vine? Great video thank you. I have one plant going right now🫰🏼

Do you just wash them in plain water?

how many loofa plants did you plant here? Thank you! Just subscribed. :)

How do you dry them indoors

What kind of fertilizer do you use and how often.

what materials die you use? Size of cattle panels and how many stakes? How did you make the arch so tall? Thank you for your help! My seedlings are doing great! Thank you!

How many plants is that for an 8foot arch .I'm asking how far apart do you plant them thanks

WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER MAKING A VIDEO ABOUT HOW YOU GROW YOUR LISIANTHUS in 7A? I’m just south of Nashville.

Do you think I could grow these in Alaska?

Please tell watering schedule and what kind of fertilizer and how often.

Is Climbing okra the same as a loofah sponge gourd?

I need the seed please inform me

Can they grow on the grown or they have to be grown on an arch?

Where can you buy the seads

How many seeds do you put into a vine

How much do you sell a luffa that hasn’t been peeled?

How much do you charge for the seeds??

That looks like a hard way to skin/peel. You actually can get those seeds out of the yellow one. I run my thumb under between sponge & skin. In my opinion you did it both types the hard way. I’ll try to make a video showing how I do it. Not being ugly only trying to say there is a more easy way.

I need the seed please inform me