My Luffas are Finally Ready! Now what?

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All of our luffas from the summer harvest are dry. Sarah shows 3 ways to peel luffas so they can be used for washing dishes and scrubbing on the homestead.
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@deloresochoa6235 5 лет назад

We cut the ends off first, then we use a tall bucket or trashcan and beat them against the inside walls and the seeds fly out. Then we throw them in a very large bin with water and let them soak. We pull the luffas out from the bottom of the stack because they have been soaking longer and peel away. We try to keep the peels in large long pieces because we use them for weaving baskets. One other thing we do, is we let them stay on the vines till they have harden. The air and sun keeps them fresh from bacteria or mold growing on them. Once dried we start the cutting off of the ends etc... For the baskets we cut the long luffa skins in stripes and start to weave the base and then the sides. We use them while damp and very pliable. When dry the baskets are very light weight. There are many uses for them. Please continue to share, we enjoy your ideas. Thank you.

@jessies3236 5 лет назад

This is very cool would like to see! Maybe a collaboration with them?

@deannastevens1217 5 лет назад

WOW! That's good to know! So much info here.

@tanyastephens9641 5 лет назад

Very cool! Do you have a video of the basket weaving?

@deloresochoa6235 5 лет назад

@@tanyastephens9641 No we don't. We saw this in Turkey when we were stationed there. We thought it was a regular dried grass weave and then one day at the Turkish market off the base, we saw the lady bringing piles and piles of these dried skins. Our interpreter asked for us what these skins were from and she told us they were from the luffa gourds! The weave is a regular grass weave, but you use luffa skins that are moisten with water with a tablespoon of vinegar mixed in it. I remembered saying to myself that you can use just about anything, to make baskets. Turkey was also the place where we saw the processing of the luffa and that's what we do. Have fun and try it out. Many blessings your way.

@julieankhan.2801 5 лет назад

Id like to see a luffah basket. That would be cool. Never saw one b4.

@tannenbaum3444 5 лет назад

How about cutting the skinny end off when it's still dry, then shake the seeds out, and then peel?

@vonbui 5 лет назад

tannenbaum This is what I was thinking as well.

@rosenixon2832 5 лет назад

I did that with mine. Popped off the end and beat them against the side of a five gallon bucket. But then I peeled them dry and it was a pain! Little pieces all over. I’m definitely going to try soaking them next year!

@northstarprepsteader 5 лет назад

Ditto!!

@saminairfan45 5 лет назад

Rose Nixon I tried soaking mine last year and it was still very HARD and took forever

@MidwestGirl 5 лет назад

That's a good idea. Cut the end off, shake out the seeds, then soak them to remove the outer layer.

@melindagreen3688 5 лет назад

Take the bottom end cap off the dry luffas and rattle them against the inside of a bucket to catch the seeds. Then fill a tub with water and soak the seedless luffas long enough to soften the skin for peeling.

@rfoehn5215 5 лет назад

@ Melinda, I think I like your method best.

@Hippiecat67 5 лет назад

This is the way I clean them too.

@mandeeTerrane 5 лет назад

I was going to suggest this as well 😊

@psycophonic 5 лет назад

@@mandeeTerrane same here...👍👍👍

@patsynunn4340 5 лет назад

What are luffas and what do you do with them. I was born and raised in Mississippi. We did a garden every year. I don't think I've ever heard of a luffa. Can you eat them??

@jamyedowell245 5 лет назад

I love when your daughter picked up the curved luffa and pretends it's a phone! Nothing can be a chore if you have fun doing it!

@jenrusso123 5 лет назад

We eat Luffa , luffa is very delicious! In China we pick the young luffa simply peel the skin and cut it on a bit size, cook with garlic or you can make quick vegetable soup, yummy!

@hydrofire1296 5 лет назад

Sounds like a good cleanse for the digestive tract!

@Mummy-Muhaymin02 5 лет назад

Jen Russo we eat them too You can fry them with onion and green chili We cook with prawns as well

@BryceCannon69 5 лет назад

They are a form of squash.

@macybautista1301 5 лет назад

@noah lawrence You don't eat them at such a mature stage. Besides, before drying, its definitely not as hard and when it's cooked, it can be tender. So no, not kitchen sponges, but luffa.

@rachelboyd281 5 лет назад

Wow I didn't know you could eat them.

@dr.froghopper6711 5 лет назад

I knew a lady that went to college ceramics classes with me, that had a very neat idea, or at least I thought so. She took a dried, cleaned luffa and dipped pieces in clay slip that was very thin for several coats, making sure she got good coverage up inside the luffa pieces. After several coats in the very thin slip, she moved to a much more viscous slip and slowly covered the pieces until they looked like clay balls with a skin about a quarter inch thick. These she allowed to dry for a couple of weeks until they were ready to fire in a kiln for a bisque fire. This does several things but two biggies are that it burns away all parts of the gourds and it drives all of the chemical water off. After that, a food safe glaze was painted over the cooked mud balls and fired a second time in the kiln, this time at a much higher temperature that vitrifies the clay into a ceramic. She then carefully ground the glazed ends off the gourds and utilized them as filters to run one stage of her rain water filtration system. I thought that was a pretty novel use for a luffa sponge.

@Iamtheartists 3 года назад

Wow ! That’s really cool !

@rosementor6659 5 лет назад

Cut ends, and knock the seeds out. In my country we leave them on the vine till totally dry

@genal5808 5 лет назад

That makes sense. Then the do not get moldy?

@jessieswan8263 5 лет назад

In my country we let them dry on the vine too. That's how you harvest them. They don't get moldy or anything. Just like when you harvest any seeds...you let it sit and go dried on the tree or vine.

@dianafertig2188 4 года назад

Do you have snowy winters?

@VWFamilyFarm 5 лет назад

I cut them and poured homemade lye soap in them as an exfoliating soap bar. Turned out great! I actually made a video about it. Love luffas! Great video!!

@michelewith1L1960 Год назад

This is my first year to grow loofah . I have over 60 of them I am over the moon thrilled and I love watching the RU-vid videos on harvesting . good luck happy Gardening

@Greens5511 5 лет назад

I see a bunch of people have said what I was thinking while watching you...to cut both ends off first and shake seeds out. I will look if you have one made already, but I don't think you do is for you to do a video showing what you do with all of them...how you cut them and different uses in action. Thanks!

@tracybruring8440 5 лет назад

haha I should have read the notes before I typed above

@RosaStringWorks 5 лет назад

I honestly know nothing about this. However just looking at it from a common sense standpoint. I think I would let them dry as you did and then I think I would just simply cross cut them on my bandsaw. Into usable size pieces. Then peel off the skin and the seeds would fall right out. I think that would be by far easier. And faster.

@reneebrown5598 5 лет назад

Another thought I had was to trim the ends off or at least one while green to facilitate drying and removing the seeds. Not sure but it makes sense to me.

@RestingBitchface7 5 лет назад

The right way to harvest loofas is to take them off the vine the morning of1 the first frost, which softens the hull. Then you cut off the ends with any knife, pull the seeds out of the bottom (using your bandsaw would destroy a lot of next year's seeds), then smack the loofa against a porch edge or small tree (I do all of mine sitting under an apple tree in the orchard) to break open the hull, then use a finger to separate the hull from the loofa and pop it out.

@MuzicIzLife01 5 лет назад

Why not take off the end, shake out the seeds, then soak? That seems like an easier way to go about it :)

@chief2442 3 года назад

I was just about to suggest that very thing

@camicri4263 3 года назад

Yes I was thinking the same as I was watching the video. I am just 1 year late though! 🤣

@dalelusk2151 2 года назад

In Mexico, the right choice is let them dry ,take out the seeds and soaked them.

@isabelramirez4377 5 лет назад

Hi Sara=) My family in Mexico grow luffas as well but they let them dry on the vine then harvest them.

@kellsuuu5154 5 лет назад

I'm confused? Why is this in my recommended? Oh well

@moifikea8288 5 лет назад

Mood

@LeighDandy 5 лет назад

I was just thinking the same thing actually

@sierralarars 5 лет назад

RU-vid is on a mission it seems..

@isabellefleszar5851 5 лет назад

Honestly, same

@jcqlnbuelo 5 лет назад

Same here ✋😏

@jammonper 2 года назад

I love growing these gourds and their yellow blooms are beautiful.

@annehellmann4454 5 лет назад

I had a reasonable amount of Luffas this last time. I usually let them dry on the vine, take them off and then I score them with a knife down the sides. The skins peal off fine then put in a bucket to wash out the luffas. I let seeds completely dry out and use for the next planting. Thanks for the video!

@Ena48145 5 лет назад

WHAT I AM ALMOST 29 YEARS OLD AND UNTIL TODAY I THOUGHT LOOFAHS CAME FROM THE OCEAN.. I'VE NEVER LEARNED SOMETHING MORE SHOCKING IN MY LIFE ... I feel like everything has been a lie ... I'm honestly not sure how to continue after this

@mthulin359 5 лет назад

A M loofas so also come from dried sea sponges, but it is a less sustainable source as an ecosystem can be ruined by the removal of sea sponges

@Philosopanda 5 лет назад

I'm so glad I'm not alone in this!!! I knew some sponges came from the ocean but had no idea about gourds!! WHY AREN'T THEY TEACHING THIS IN SCHOOLS IT'S FACINATING AND HIGHLY USEFUL?!?!!

@qb1497 5 лет назад

Dude my husband and I 34 so dont feel bad. We had no idea either.

@flowrinse9671 5 лет назад

Ditto.

@bostonterriermomakasandy9722 5 лет назад

Ditto

@DaybirdAviaries 5 лет назад

The video of you banging the green gourd on the cinder block was the first of your videos I ever watched. I've been watching ever since.

@luv2bdazzled 5 лет назад

Same!

@vamppanic 5 лет назад

same!!

@maryhoffman9551 4 года назад

This is our first year growing loofah gourds. My little boy saw them often at our grocery store and thought they were the coolest thing, so I bought him some seeds. Your video is so informative. I had no idea how to harvest them and actually get the loofahs out. I am hoping we get at least a few viable ones! Thanks for a great video!

@juanitaspeak5101 5 лет назад

The previous luffa gourd videos were part of our marathon that I had mentioned before. I used it as a teaching moment with my 10 year old daughter and we plan to add them to our garden this year for our own home use!! Now we are watching this one and teaching again!! Thank you for all the knowledge you share! God Bless

@mayaenoi 5 лет назад

In Asia, we not only use them as sponge, but we eat them. The young luffas are edible. We steamed, we stir-fried, and we put in soup.

@kaitlinsfamilyfarmstead 3 года назад

can you chop them up and freeze them?

@mayaenoi 3 года назад

@@kaitlinsfamilyfarmstead Yes, you sure can. I actually use vegetables peeler and peel the sharp ridges off, I just lightly peel. Chopped up in cubes or bite size and vacuum pack and freeze. Don't wash though, you can wash before using.

@offairhead 2 года назад

@mayaenoi could you make some videos on how you use them?

@pattylevasseur2645 5 лет назад

sarah maybe either leave them on the vines to dry naturally or leave a long enough stem to "fish hook" the stem and hang them in the green house to dry vertically just maybe go to the hardware store and get heavy gauged wire and S hooks ...to thread the stem and hang on S hooks make sure theres LOT of air movement to dry ;];];] great job ..

@mrs.washington8645 5 лет назад

People may laugh but I never knew how they were made. Im ecstatic but pleased to know now. Thank you for showing this video. Be blessed❤

@TJTexas09 5 лет назад

Me neither - thought they were sponges

@sherryk30 4 года назад

@@TJTexas09 me too!😆

@TrixHP 3 года назад

I thought they came from the sea

@MoMo-kf1qr 5 лет назад

My mom grew these in Thailand growing up. She recommends leaving the loofah on the vine until they start to turn yellow which will reduce molding. Also, they are edible when young-they sort of taste like zucchini with the texture of okras (slimy) when cooked.

@doggodoggo9385 5 лет назад

I love how excited she is! Love the energy

@brandyj.8321 5 лет назад

HA! You truly do learn something new everyday! I just turned 46 and I'm embarrassed to say..I had no idea what a luffa sponge was! DOH! Excellent video showing the full process and trails and errors. I really enjoy your videos.

@Ena48145 5 лет назад

SAME HERE.. I THOUGHT THEY CAME FROM THE OCEAN. I've honestly never had such a shocking revelation about anything ever

@RoeRoe123 2 года назад

Thank you Miss Sarah! What you said about September, bingo! I had 3 gourds until late Sept. in North Carolina and then BOOM 💥 I saw 3 news ones...a few days later 5 more. 8 babies! 🤗 now there's at least 30 out there in different stages. A couple are 2 foot long. I'm hoping the weather holds up for more of them to mature, but it's awesome watching them grow 2 stories on a chicken wire trellis we attached to the house. Gorgeous yellow blossoms while the bees are crawling in and out ❤

@sloanewilliams3824 5 лет назад

Those first luffa gourd videos was how I found your channel.

@bhumikadutta3384 Год назад

Peeling them dried is what we have done always. Love from Assam. Its called Bhool

@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune 5 лет назад

I just love your videos always educational. I think you missed your calling..lol !! You would make a awesome teacher.... 😁

@mizkaponi4853 Год назад

God literally supplies all our needs. God is awesome! Thank you Jesus!!

@findingsara5715 5 лет назад

I'm growing luffas for the first time this year. I can't wait! My mom grew them for years when I was a child. I bought my seeds from Bakers Creek and got the small and 4ft long seeds. I'm planning on using them for dishes, bathing, and any scrub cleaning. I also plan to make luffa soap.

@findingsara5715 5 лет назад

It is homemade soap with the luffa in it so it's exfoliating

@FROG_PUSH 5 лет назад

@@findingsara5715 is there a "recipe" you use to make it? I'm trying very hard to be "clean", meaning all natural things, no chemicals, especially like round up. November last year I've started researching to see pros & cons. Thank you one & all as I've scrolled through the comments, which i normally don't do, because I hate judgemenral bad mouth people. I so far have enjoyed watching. Blessings

@jazziered142 5 лет назад

@@FROG_PUSH Just Google: how to make luffa soap. There's tons of stuff on the internet.

@pamelahansen2955 5 лет назад

I love them. And my first year I only got 3 luffas and this past year I got about 30. The more plants the better. I also realized that if they got damaged they would mold.

@ohioladybug7390 5 лет назад

I have been following your luffa adventure and am so excited to try growing them. I bought seeds already and will start them inside around the end of March (we are in zone 6). I’m so thankful to learn from you so I can do the easiest way right away.

@thetruenolan6655 2 года назад

This is my first year growing luffa and I had the same experience. All summer long I saw lots of flowers but no luffa gourds at all. Finally, right at the end of August and the beginning of September there were just a couple of gourds -- and then more and more! It is now the middle of September and the vine is loaded. Lesson? If you are not seeing gourds during the summer, don't worry!

@tracybruring8440 5 лет назад

Ok here is my idea for some of these; it is very easy to make cold process soap. Unscented soap is liquid after you add the lye to the oil. My idea is to slice the dry peeled luffa gourd into slices, and put them into a silicone mold on their side in a row almost touching, pour in the soap and let it set; then slice between the slices for a scrubby soap; another option is to process a luffa in the food processor and add the luffa pieces to the liquid soap and then pour into the mold for a scrubby soap; you could use this soap to wash dishes or your body; Another peel idea; if you cut the ends, then shake out the seeds, banging the luffa on the ground and THEN soak in water I think that would work

@barbaradenooijer8412 4 года назад

Hi thanks for the fun videos. To get the seeds out better, you make a hole at the end. Whack and shake the seeds out of it. And then soak them for easy peeling. ♥️

@rochelleallgyer122 5 лет назад

Can you do a video on how well they clean, wash, etc

@wolfingreen7293 5 лет назад

That would be a good video, because now I'm curious as what to do with them and how well they work.

@shefarmsfarm6996 5 лет назад

They exfoliate so good and it feels good too

@yckieh568 5 лет назад

They work like a commercial sponge. The more you use them, the softer it becomes. They’re great for exfoliating and getting ghe hard biga from your dishes.

@BMarie774 5 лет назад

Rochelle Allgyer If you've ever used a store bought one, even organic and all natural, I tend to notice home grown ones stay a bit stiffer. I'm not sure why that is. But if you've ever used a store bought, think of that just a tad bit stiffer.

@faithsrvtrip8768 4 года назад

I am guessing similar to those plastic green scrubbies from 3M. Only this is natural!

@martyken4798 5 лет назад

I recently paid the equivalent to $10 for a luffa. So I've decided to grow my own this year (trying to get rid of all plastic sponges, scourers etc) There's a few on our allotment facebook page planning to as well, so I'll share this video with them as it's very timely! Marty

@tracyflenner 3 года назад

It’s been a couple years since I’ve grown luffas. I’m planning to grow more next year. I’ll be using them for bathing, dishes, to put into homemade soap and depending on how many I get, sell some. I may eat some when they’re young.

@lindalee601 5 лет назад

They look amazing!!!! I tried to grow my own and the squirrels had a feast. 😟 I'm going to try again this year. I make homemade soap and my loofah ones sell the most. I'll keep growing them until I'm successful. They are way too costly to buy on Amazon when I could grow my own. Thanks for sharing. 💕🙏

@grandiesgarden175 5 лет назад

Squirrels!? Aaargh! Are they eating the fruit!?

@melsolomon8256 3 года назад

Just harvested my first two dry Luffas. I excited I have tons of them in the garden.

@legaleagle308 5 лет назад

I always wondered where they came from. I never even knew until I watched your videos. Now that I’ve read a bunch of comments about how they’re used in so many different ways I think the possibilities just broke open wide for you! I agree that you make an awesome teacher. As always thanks for sharing!

@truedeltstrader2w489 4 года назад

Hey Sarah and Kevin,, Just found your channel yesterday and have binge watched over 50+ episodes since. Before you soak the Luffa you can crack the base off and shake the seeds out,, then proceed to soak and peel as you did. After watching so many its safe to say you just gained a new sub. Snowtown, South Australia

@rosemarylavway7073 5 лет назад

You need to rotate your loofahs every couple weeks and have a fan going to circulate the air... I found that to be true when I did birdhouse gourds, same idea...

@fionarkelley 5 лет назад

never thought I would find myself watching this...don't know why this is in my recommended, but I'm glad it is! what an informative and cheerful video. keep up the good work

@5herpsandadog 4 года назад

I am sooo excited for my loofa! I only had one form, but I only started with 4 seeds that I got at a hands on class at the Mother Earth News fair late in the growing season, so as long as I get plenty of seeds to grow more next year, I will be thrilled!

@evilroyslade2491 4 года назад

You are a Cheerful gardener. Great video

@shondiaevans12 5 лет назад

Love your family- love your channel- starting a new tradition and planning a small raised bed. Have my seeds and watching you and Roots to Refuge for direction.

@rhondasnair9304 5 лет назад

The luffa video were you did them fresh was the 1st video I watched of yours granted it wasn't 2 years ago but still. Couldn't stop watching your videos after that. Lol

@sharonrobledo136 5 лет назад

Hi 👋 thanks for the information you provided today. Yes I love ❤️ watching your family’s channel. It’s always a wealth of information and joy. I wanted to share what I read on Wikipedia--- if the loofah is allowed to fully ripen & then dried on the vine, the flesh disappears leaving only the fibrous skeleton and seeds, which can be easily shaken out. I haven’t tried this but just wanted to share

@VioletBloom 5 лет назад

Woe, look at that haul!! Loofa gourds are so cool!

@lisaann9300 2 года назад

This is great! I wish i had a homestead! All i would grow is Luffa! I am going to try birdhouse gourds next year! I have been growing luffa for 4 years now. I primarily grow them for the gorgeous flowers. The pollinators LOVE them! Frost shows up here in mid october, so i would pull them and peel the "ready" ones. If they are spongy they haven't developed. I have 3 trellis' and about 13 that i believe will make it to maturity. I love to fresh peel them. It is a workout but i love it! I precut them, cover with plastic and nuke them until the outside is soft and inside is melty! Then i soak in h20 and then h20 and a tad of bleach as the final rinse. Then i dry in the dehydrator. I may try and "hang" 2 or 3 with good air circulation and see how that goes. I don't have a huge bumper crop so i don't want to lose too many! Thanks for this! I love my luffa!

@MYPERMACULTUREGARDEN 5 лет назад

Yep !!! Lots of people have given you a very good suggestion... I am Latin American and we use this specifically in the shower as a sponge.... It gets better with age,,, softer,,, the more you use it.... We call to it , " EL Paste ",,, pronounced pah- s- taih ! it really removes your dead skin !

@sfnny5135 5 лет назад

thanks for uploading this video,so much fun

@KrusinTheSierra 5 лет назад

I put luffa in my homemade soap on a rope. They are great exfoliators! When I’m done with them I wash them or bleach dip them and then they become dish scrubbers

@MichaelJonah70757 3 года назад

The Loofah is an awesome vine. The Flowers are beautiful and Flowers into October. The Vine never stops producing they just keep coming and coming , that surprised me as many vines are done with the first wave and then straggle, not the Loofah Vine.

@anastasiaclendaniel6035 5 лет назад

Your gourd videos was how I found your channel! I have my seeds started for this season already and I am seriously so excited!!!

@mollyjoy7820 3 года назад

You are so inspiring! Thank you!

@dawntaylor165 5 лет назад

I just wanted to suggest, cutting an end, and then banging out the seeds first. Maybe reverse the process. then getting the loofa wet and peeling...i bought loofa seeds for the first time this year and I'm eager to try them. You, Sarah, are of course my inspiration for that. I love your channel, and I hope your all staying warm.

@RhinoDNA 3 года назад

I grew only one plant this year...it sprawled at least 30’ along the fence in the back yard...harvested 7 luffa’s...first time growing, too!

@paradisoperduto4900 5 лет назад

Loofa as a vegetable is quite good. We used to eat it with scrambled eggs and also in curries.

@tracybruring8440 5 лет назад

I did not like them when I tried them but they may have been too big; I didn't think they had much flavor

@SAlvitre29 5 лет назад

That's so cool that you mentioned eating them cause i subscribe to VillageLife and the girls are always cooking some kind of gourd curry and eating with rice. I wondered if the luffah was edible.😊

@paradisoperduto4900 5 лет назад

Tracy Bruring They must be small otherwise it will taste terrible; like making pickles with old and extra big cucumbers... doesn't really work.

@paradisoperduto4900 5 лет назад

Tanya Brandt Raw (in salads) or cooked just like summer squash, zucchini, you name it. Again, they must be really young, tender and small. Under 4 inches, no need to peel them. The flowers are edible as well.

@mfahrney1 5 лет назад

Wow..impressive luffa haul!

@kellimades1729 5 лет назад

Since you do farmer's market why not sell the sponges there. It might bring extra income for your homestead. It's just a thought. See you guys on your video.

@beths9232 5 лет назад

Years ago when I use to grow them, I let them dry on the vine, peel, shake out the seeds and save for next year, bleach them, cut into usable sizes, tie with a ribbon and sell or give as gifts.

@ivysang421 5 лет назад

Yeah cut it in good shape and can sell

@McGetums 4 года назад

Oh shes DEFINITELY selling them. Nobody grows 90 sponges to wash dishes. Shes just afraid someone will figure out shes selling them and become her competition. They're used for more than sponges and if you tap into the right market you can make a mint, thats the video she should have posted.

@aleciahamiter6554 5 лет назад

Lufas!!!!!! I can't wait to see you open them!!!

@grandiesgarden175 5 лет назад

I'm following your luffa journey very closley! My greenhouse luffas are flourishing. Zone 8b here, looking forward to making dish scrubbers and bathsoap scrubbies! Keep the tips coming!

@mariamunson1 Год назад

I'm in Texas, I think we're in the same zone. First time grower! Any hand all tips appreciated.

@breannawilson8651 5 лет назад

We own a small soap making operation and we make luffa infused soaps (pour soap around the luffa) we also sell whole luffa gourds peeled and cleaned. We charge $1 an inch for whole luffa’s. A lot of the people around us prefer the whole luffa so that they can cut it as they need it. We live in a a town of 100 so people go to the farmers market in the next town over (30 miles) every once and in a while and say the large luffa is easier to keep up with

@galejones7598 5 лет назад

WHEN YOU CUT YOUR TIPS OFF, YOU'LL GET TO THE SEEDS INSIDE, YOU HAVE A HUGE HARVEST, LOL, THAT WAS FUNNY, THANK YOU FOR SHARING, MANY PRAYERS, AND, BLESSINGS!

@texascontessa5818 5 лет назад

I want to try growing these loofahs. Fabulous.

@suenich8471 5 лет назад

Melinda Green has it right, Sarah. I grow a ton of these on the East coast of Florida. Pop the flower end off and beat it into a 5 gallon bucket to knock most of the seeds out, I never worry if there are a couple left stuck in the tissue. I find by the time I’ve whacked it several times the skin just comes off so easily. You may have to soak them to get the rest off but because of our very long season, I’m able to let mine dry on the vine. I harvested so many from 5 plants that I gave everyone at work (60 + people) one for Christmas and probably will be able to skip a season. Happy Gardening!

@TheEyedyed 5 лет назад

This is awesome! I learned something new today! Didn’t know this is where luffas came from ty!

@BryceCannon69 5 лет назад

We always have hundreds. Some of them we take when fully ripe and use them in meals. Very yummy.

@sianapapalii1939 2 года назад

Thank you I really enjoying used Luffa for shower body washing congratulations keep up the good work many people inglue me need it always I bought many long ones then cutting 3 to 4 pieces enjoying using everyday 👍

@tammymarshall7415 3 года назад

I have always let them dry on the vine. After harvesting, cut the ends off and skake out the seeds. After reseeding, I cut them into sizes and put in a mesh garment bag and was them in the washer on gentle cycle. Works great.

@MonicaRrtx 5 лет назад

open ends, shake seeds out, then soak.. you got it... we do this all the time... and we use them for everything...

@judya.shroads8245 5 лет назад

Saving the seeds will help for next yr. Wonderful, Sarah.

@hedgerow.homestead 5 лет назад

I haven’t grown louffah gourds, but I love making soap with embedded louffah! Such a great exfoliating soap

@tiffanylemmon641 5 лет назад

This follow up is awesome ❤️ my curiosity towards luffa gourds is what lead me to your channel! Thank you so much for all the educational and fun content. 🙂

@MsDee1129 4 года назад

Well well well I just learned something new ... ty for sharing

@carriebishop8838 5 лет назад

❤ I can't wait to move and grow mine. I love loofahs. Great video.

@lisafalor9146 5 лет назад

I'm addicted to watching all your videos love learning one day I hope I can have a homestead and get my husband interested we have nothing in common been together for over 17 years I do have him wanting to move to the country so baby steps

@daylynnkahn524 5 лет назад

Decided to grow these this spring after watching a few of your videos, love how informative you are!

@Minnesota_Mama_Bear 5 лет назад

So glad you did an update on this. Doesn't seem like enough time has passed, since finding your channel, for me to remember your first year growing luffas.

@mariehenriksen67 5 лет назад

Just saw an info commercial on Insider Presents on FB. If you haven't checked it out already you need to. Good information on luffa gourds and how to peel them.

@kathykups7962 5 лет назад

Your family and you are so wonderful been watching you at least a year learned so much from your experience and God bless you all👍🏻👍🏻😍

@Jayrey123 5 лет назад

As a child in the 70s we used to use loofah to shower. Once it softens it’s not rough on ur skin.

@susannamiscera2401 4 года назад

I love this channel so much. Thank you for all the great content! My son and I are excited to try growing these next year.

@loisbarone9319 2 года назад

Option 4. Cut the end off of the dry loofah. Shake the seeds out. Soak it in water and peel. Love your videos!

@nicolehanshaw2783 3 года назад

My grandma use to put them on shelf in the attic to dry i don't think it took a year but i do remember beating it on the front porch and peeling them. We use to cut them up and make soap for our baths and for when we wash our clothes we washed or dishes we made birds feeders gosh they were used in flower arrangements we use them when we put up our potatoes we put them between the layers of about everything we put up for winter there are so many uses for them to count

@jeanninebooth6415 5 лет назад

Awesome video yet again! Inspiring to try a new adventure

@SwahiliSpicE 4 года назад

Thank you so much for this vid. I had no idea loofahs were grown. I never even thought about where they came from!

@CrochetwithClare 5 лет назад

Thank you for this playlist. You have inspired me to try growing them

@50shadesofgreen 5 лет назад

good day to you Kevin and Sarah !! thanks for sharing another awesome update and adventures on & off the homestead 👨‍🌾🎥👍✝

@brelsfordfamilyfarm1472 5 лет назад

Nice haul! Open the end, shake the seeds out and then soak and peel.

@lindablanton3090 4 года назад

I used to wonder about growing and using luffa gourds, then with all things that happened in our busy life I forgot about it. You have me interested in them again. I never thought about being able to use them for household jobs until this video, so...once again you have peaked my interest and encouraged me to try again. Thank you, I love your channel, it is jot just informative and interesting but so uplifting and encouraging. God bless you both.

@lovetohuntlovetohunt6241 2 года назад

Wow did I ever learn something today! Ty

@jeffphillips1409 5 лет назад

Awesome video! Thank you! We grew a few luffas last year and did the drying method to peel. After watching your video, I think this year I might go ahead and dry them, cut the end off, shake out the seeds, then submerge them in the water. Worth a try!

@aureliaortiz9766 Год назад

I just learned that loofah is edible and is so good.

@AfterTheRains 5 лет назад

You take the flower end off and bash the gourd against the inside of a bucket to take the seeds out prior to soaking. Cut some up and pop in clear bags with a pretty ribbon for the market.