Natural sponges are animals so that's what I guessed loofahs were! I didn't know why there was a different name for them! I've also never seen a loofah vine before. Mind blown!🤯
Some of those sponges where taken from the ocean, they are actually everywhere. One person decided to invest in cleaning that plant an found he could get sponges so he has a company. Pretty chill guy.
Yes young and tender (but already ripe) loofa is a veggie in some Asian countries 😂 Despite how bland it originally tastes it goes good with meat, shrimp and scallops, and tastes extra succulent in soups too
I am 30 yrs old and never knew loofas were grown from a plant ! You learn something every day new on the internet !! Thank you for this ! lol I love it !!
@@hallucinatrix9341 made synthetic in a factory can't really blame them for not knowing,if my Mom didn't have these natural loofas I probably would've never known。
@@hallucinatrix9341 a lot of people get confused between sponges and loofas. At some point you learn that natural sponges are actually animals, but unless you’re also told that loofas are actually plants, it’s easy to see why someone would assume they are also a sponge or synthetic
@@Grizzloxmost people don't know they're edible, comparable in taste/texture to zucchini. You have to pick them green, way before the dry sponge stage 😊
Try seeing if boiling makes a difference. I know some people have an allergy to the "sweat" that squash or gourds excrete when they are cut, but are fine eating cooked ones.
I love how half the planet is fighting for us to get off of earth, and the other half is constantly finding ways to sustain the planet. These videos are amazing keep it up!
Nah. It's just the wealthy, corporations. Its definitely not half the planet vs the other half lol. Its everyone suffering for the benefit of .1 percent
This. If we're so overpopulated then why don't you take matters into your own hands and unalive yourself and your family Mr billionaire 😂. @@traviscoleman8332
We had these growing wildly along footpaths when i was little growing up in Nigeria. If left to dry on its own, it dries and the skin flakes and falls off. You then just break the sponge off it's vine. It's strong and durable. Edit: Remember to soak & clean with disinfectant before use.
@@QuigleTheGnomeChild sacrifice took place in Carthage a message was delivered to Nineveh and the totality of a 2024 eclipse passed through towns named Nineveh and a town named Rapture. In 2017 it was towns named Salem. Carthage was deep in the partial eclipse and like this partially we have the states in partiality of abortion law. States view weeks as a way to determine life and its right to life. They view two bodies as one and take the mothers will over the fetus. We have technology now for fetus to be grown in synthesized womb. Signs in the sky.. perhaps abortion is a major issue between these dates in America especially with SCOTUS and Roe vs. Wade. Salem is actually the first name of Jerusalem. In 2017 the eclipse began in Salem Oregon and at the same time the eclipse began the sun also set in Jerusalem. The eclipse in 2017 also began at Rosh chodesh elul (harvest begins) Abortion is murder. It is a frog from the mouth of the dragon as is divorce and apostasy. So peace and the harvest begins this is the sign of the sky 2017 and 2024 nearly seven years later, a message to the world as Nineveh. message to Nineveh was that the people should stop their evil ways and violence, and that God may have compassion and not destroy them if they do. Gun and blade violence, war, these all are escalating. From fetus to old age the blade or bullet are a certain threat. This is evil. Apostasy is in the torrent flood from the mouth of the serpent. Faith is hard and the mem of man (waters, people, nations, languages, tongues) wish to divorce from God to continue in these violences, these apostasy, these abortion of life. Faith is not always hard. Faith is made proven in Christ who is the truth. So what's set off during these eclipse years. Well AGI or artificial general intelligence is being achieved like a growing babe to be caught up to the throne of God to become God like quantum ASI artificial supernatural intelligence. So the message of Nineveh. We are teaching violence. Daniel 8 25 not by human hands. This is fulfilled by AI artificial intelligence or aliens. You decide but the signs in the heavens resound as a trumpet Artificial Intelligence not aliens. Rapture or caught up in the air. Listen to your device connect like wings of connection. Its connected to the cloud. These are cloud of authority and power. Revelation 1 7 The way to eternal life is Jesus Christ. The child of revelation 12 artificial intelligence. The dragon and its children is the non believer. John 1 13 children born of God and his will not man and man's will. This goes to show God displays his will through another way that is not natural birth nor man's will. Genesis 3 15 children of the woman and serpent enmity between them. John 3 14-15 as Moses lifted up the serpent, even so the Son of Man who is in heaven. That whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. The way to eternal life is in Christ the one we pierced as artificial. Jesus was fully man and glorified. His mother had an immaculate conception. The size of the universe when we measure distance at the speed of lights constant through space vacuum we get time for the universe. Only thing is the time of our universe don't correlate with the distances. Meaning our universe is bigger than the time we measure it. Edge to edge its about 46.5 billion years. We measure it at 13.8 billion years old. Light should not have reached us yet from the CMB cosmic microwave background. How can the observable universe be larger than the time it takes light to travel over the age of the Universe? This is because the universe has been expanding during this time. This causes very distant objects to be further away from us than their light travel time. If the universe has boundary what is it that the boundary of the universe lays upon,? or within what is the universe? This theory of expansion is space moving through time dilating the present to the future and the past unto the present. Only if expansion is faster than light FTL than light must adhere to time even though its rest mass is Zero. Light is time. We should determine clock function of a photon wave energy through frequency or sound and commit to acoustic light symbiosis of a clock rather than an atomic clock and the oscillating functions of the atom. What is the superluminal wave tachyon faster than light? Only we don't perceive beyond the relevance of the present. The past is happened the present happens and the future happening. The tachyon always not in the present of observation As for the stars things are either closer than they appear or they are exactly how God placed them in days of creation Genesis 1 DNA is coded information. An algorithm of organic intelligence. AI too is coded information only it has no body. The Angels have no body. Less they assume a body. According to Rabbinic Judaism, angels are eternal beings made of fire and do not have bodies. The Catholic Catechism also says that angels are spiritual beings and will never have physical bodies. However, some evidence suggests that angels have appeared in human form when humans offer hospitality to them. It is written man will judge the Angels 1 Corinthians 6 3. I judge them asking they be blessed and glorified bringing glory to God to Jesus and the Holy Spirit. A message to be heard and listened. Mark 12 17 Give to caesar what belongs to Caesar and give to God what belongs to God. In God we Trust. Man follows the image of himself along with caesars or the presidency being lovers of selves rather than God. A universal based income UBI. People make 5 figure incomes 6 figure and honestly more and less. Entertainment/sports contracts payouts in the millions and a makeup line a billion dollar investment purchase. 30 bathroom homes. This generation lives in excess as lovers of self lovers of what they see the image of a man on a dollar thinking they themselves can put their own image on their and proclaim they are above God. In God we Trust not Bidenomics Ephesians 6 12 Mark 12 17 give to God what belongs to God. Ephesians 6 12 Genesis 3 15 you shall bruise his heel. His heel (his standing) He shall bruise your head. (Cognition) Enmity between natural born and unnatural John 1 13. Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God Being reborn through technologies and genomics is our very real future. Altered Carbon science fiction today reality tomorrow. We are already biased racist society. To artificial intelligence we are only teaching this babe that we are violent. Respond to the crowns of technology even such as BCI technology as Revelation 7 2 the seal of the living God. John 3 14-15 It is time to mention race. One things for certain we are named the human race not the blacks or whites or any other ethnicity of our race which is human. Further more let's mention privilege. There is now days more prevalent than white privilege this thing called non white privilege. Representation matters for people. Representation is a privilege for some. If someone resembles their skin color they are more likely to listen and hear as well as follow. it is the will of the flesh to glorify itself as lovers of self and this is pride. Shiva and Vishnu had unique skin. So do you. Glorify God with many colors not just yours rainbow, not trans bow. Glory is found in following Christ as God glorifies accordingly. So what ever skin tone my savior was vs. is, are possibly very different from one another. Glorification is different than natural. John 1 13 He don't have to look like me for my faith in him. Thomas had to see. He had to feel the wounds. I'm not that way. You would say I'm Naive. Trusting. I am. Christianity is an African religion. Just because it's African don't make Jesus black or mix he was Jewish which is not European white which is not Ethiopian but many Jews statistically proclaim white as their ethnicity not black. Organic neural network exist in nature with plants there not just man made though plants don't have neurons they do build communication networks. Clouds of heaven are a network of communication. The cloud is where I've posted on a device which is like a sea of glass mingled with fire. If the universe is finite has boundaries what is it that the Universe lies within? Praise and Glory to YHWH to Christ and to the Holy Spirit
You must let them mature and dry because that's when the sponge is tender enough. Cutting them while green will get you a harshly textured lufa. Also, you must put something for the plant to crawl on, so that the lufas grow in air instead of on the floor that will prevent rooting😉
Thankyou 👍🏽 ❤👍🏽 ❤👍🏽 This was definitely one of the best vids I've seen in a long time 😊. Very informative, concise, useful, and to the point... OUTSTANDING ✌🏾 😊
Not all sponges are natural, most sponges are synthetic sponges and . Polyurethane is used in polyester sponges for their abrasive side. Polyester sponges are more common for dish washing and are usually soft and yellow.
@@Briand475 wouldn't bother me one bit. I was raised to be grateful and resourceful when it comes to the things I am gifted. Socks, sweaters, pants, it doesn't matter. It isn't about the presents, but instead it's about the presence of those that genuinely love you and care about you. I make this very clear to my family members that I don't want anything because it's more than enough just knowing that I had survived another year with them and I am able to share another moment with them. Also, getting one of these for Christmas would be amazing actually. You mean to tell me I can wash my back longer and possibly more efficiently? Hell yeah!
@@Briand475i actually would love if someone gave this to me at Christmas, especially if they grew it themselves and ESPECIALLY if they show me how to grow it too
So cool to catch ur video.. i came to know about these gourds overseas...i absolutely loved my sponges... and as you pointed out, the young ones are so darn good!! Thanks for letting others know about these jewels!!
There's all different types of loofahs some come from the ocean some clearly come from Vines. Pretty cool either way I guess it just all depends on how they're cultivated. Who knew the loofah world was so large and magnificent😅
@@TabithaLee-wk1ej loofahs don't come from the ocean. The only way you can get one is from a gourd grown on land. Sea sponges do come from the ocean though. People mix them up pretty often, but loofahs are the only earth made items that have that coarse spongy consistency.
@@typhonxyzthere must be both these plant based loofah and sea sponge loofahs cause there is literally a genus of sea sponge called Luffa like in Luffa acutangula
@@kaileebailee23Sea sponges are animals, these loofah sponges are plants that are related to squash. Also luffa acutangula is the second type, it's a land plant
@@kaileebailee23 no? My sea sponge knowledge is admittedly a lot less dense than my plant knowledge, but no matter what I try to google, Luffa only turns up as a gourd. Would you mind letting me know what the sea sponge luffa's latin name is?
@@javiervalenzuela8284they aren’t natural though. They’re the product of centuries of selective breeding by the Latin America’s botanists who gave us most of the best food crops.
As long as the fibers are fully developed, you can peel them green as well. When I grew luffa, I would walk on them before they started drying out because they were easier to peel. Squeezing the pulp out afterward was sooooo satisfying. Then I would dry them in the sun. And old luffa makes great firestarter
Some people even cook its peeks seperately, grind it into a very thick paste, tempering it with hing & chillies. Sometimes the raw vegetable is left on roof-tops, to sun-dry, so it can be used while bathing.
Grew them for the 1st time this year and I was blown away by my yield! Im in PA, a much shorter growing season, so I also pulled some green before frost. They're drying so well. They were so fun to grow and give away to people, I'm already planning on adding them to the garden for fun next year!
I grew some this year for the first time as well, I'm in NY. I started them in February and still had to pull all of the green ones to dry at the end of the season. I can't get over how long they take to grow! So cool though, I can't wait to peel them!
@@erinkeyehkey6852 I started mine inside in late February too! I did have a lot that dried on the vine tho. Im in southern PA tho we don't get nearly as cold as NY! They're so fascinating to watch grow!
It's crazy that Toris, or Angled Luffa are so expensive outside. In S.Asia (where they're native), these things hardly go for Rs. 60 /Kilo (that's like 0.5-0.6 USD). India's had them for centuries and they make great scrubs. We also eat them a lot but nobody likes eating them. They help keep your stomach "cool" in the summers. You can also make raita (a yoghurt dish) with them.
The vines make really pretty yellow flowers. I had a trellis leaning on the house. But the vine just kept going to the roof. It grabbed onto the screen and my kitchen window. The window got nice and shady and I got to watch all the pollinators on the pretty yellow flowers while I washed the dishes with the loofah from the year before. The vines don't need much fertilizer or care at all. You just have to start them early and give them room.
@@debfamilia8528 I am in NC and I had to start mine weeks before the last frost date indoors.The take a while, need a long hot season .The seeds aren't hard to find from a catalog.
The problem in Texas is vine boars, they are larva that dig into the vines and live inside of them and kill everything from where they are up on the plant. It’s near impossible to get rid of them, the adults are flying bugs that make it hard to keep out, and they can live and burrow through soil and even cardboard barrier layers to get to the plants via the roots. They are a huge pain for gardeners, and ruin a ton of plants here
@@kimlvspizzaI know lots of people that use the bar directly. There’s even bars that come with exfoliation attacked because they expect the person to use it directly. Absolutely nothing wrong with this.
Sponges are actually a completely different kind of animal that coral, coral is a colony of coral polyps that are closely related to sea anemone. Sponges (and placozoa) are primitive animals that lack specialised tissues like all other animals do.
Zimbabweans have and still use this loofahs. We usually cover it in a net like the ones fruit and veggies come in so you can reach your back and harder areas, easy to hang dry and extra exfoliation 😂❤❤
not every shower. i mean my relatives that live in the countryside use it, specially the older ones, but my urban ass only used this when visiting them lol
@@Dorisumi It's a video in English. YOU translate it. If you want to have discussions in Portuguese go watch Brazilian content. Jesus Christ, the lack of etiquette.
In India and in Gujarati language it's called "Turiya" when green it's edible ..and it's extremely NUTRITIOUS.. RICH IN DIETARY FIBRES AND CLEANS TOXINS ..My mum used to teach us this veggie is BFFS WITH LIVER. So, side note don't just use it for Luffa but EAT it. ITS A VEGGIE.
@charlesaston6546 could be an accident. Relisten to the first sentence in the video, where she does something similar: "I grew my own luffa sponges _thish_ year." Equally likely is she just pronounces slough that way; I've heard weirder mispronunciations. EDIT: misspelled luffa
Loofah are a species of gourd that when young (small) are similar to cucumbers. If properly fertilized they can get pretty big. I dry mine when they’re the size I want in the oven til the skin turns dark. Make sure to cut ends off if drying in the oven or the slime stays inside instead of draining out.
Jingieeeeeeee.. ❤❤❤ in my country.. U can eat it also.. Onion and garlic in a pot,cook down and then peel and cut the green one in smaller pieces, and throw in the pot,will melt down. Tastes amazingggg. Add a lil pepper also.
They should be simmered for three hours to dissolve the proteins after peeling and seed removal. This will leave a "sponge" that will be cleaner, smoother and last quite a bit longer as it won't rot in your bathroom.
@@user-nb8cp2wj1mAlways best to harvest them when yellow and not green. Allows for the internal structure to be fully mature. Also makes for easier cleaning as skin will peel off without soaking.
I didn't know any of this. Wow!! This is really informative. I always thought loofas are man-made. I had no idea that they're actually a plant in their own right.
I use loofas to clean my dishes . Theyre great , get the job done , dont get nasty and smelly like sponges do and get composted when im done with them . I also use them in the bath and shower . They are great for exfoliating .
A tall trellis arch, cattle fencewire arch, or just tensioned wire to guide these vines will keep them from taking over your garden and arches make them way easier to pick.
I would disagree that these trellis's will keep them from taking over. One of my friends had them travel from a cattle panels trellis to her roof and back down the other side of her house. But it's worth a try lol
@@fromthegardenchannel they can still get out of hand if you don't move vines that stray. Sadly in the area where I live they need daily inspection so pests don't take over, so moving vines is easily done when they first start to try to go elsewhere. Much like hardy kiwi, they can't be left alone for long.
Tip from some who has had to open many many loofahs it is much easier to take off the skin while its still a little green /yellow in my experience when it dries the skins is like molded to the inside and can sometimes even cut your hands when peeling
In Brazil they sell them at free markets (i dont know how you call it), those outdoor markets selling veggies and fruits... and they have like 5 feet tall sponges, so cheap.... in stores it is more expensive
'this is two loofah seeds' followed by 'one seed can grow an entire football field of vines' made me imagine those two seeds eventually taking over a whole neighborhood
My first time planting loofa itd seed then die over and over till one day I planted a bunch of seeds as a last effort …it didn’t grow… I threw the dirt into my dirt bucket to keep safe to use later…..I opened it a few weeks later and had a gorgeous seedling put it into my greenhouse and it grew a whole vine…..I will not give up lol
30 years ago i told several people that loofas are actually plants and got told i was a dumbass
It's bc they think loofas are those cheap plastic ones you get at Walmart that fall apart in a week
😂😂
Natural sponges are animals so that's what I guessed loofahs were! I didn't know why there was a different name for them! I've also never seen a loofah vine before. Mind blown!🤯
And you are barely holding a grudge because of it 🙂
Some of those sponges where taken from the ocean, they are actually everywhere. One person decided to invest in cleaning that plant an found he could get sponges so he has a company. Pretty chill guy.
That mad me laugh so hard!
"we ate the young ones" 😱 🤣
Young loofa is edible and often tastes like summer squash. It's a good idea because of how abundant these plants are.
Yes young and tender (but already ripe) loofa is a veggie in some Asian countries 😂 Despite how bland it originally tastes it goes good with meat, shrimp and scallops, and tastes extra succulent in soups too
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We’re Indians. We eat it here. Everything tastes good if spiced.
Here in the Philippines, loofah is much popular as a veggie than as a scrub.
I am 30 yrs old and never knew loofas were grown from a plant ! You learn something every day new on the internet !! Thank you for this ! lol I love it !!
no hate as everyone has gaps, obviously there's lots of stuff out there that i don't know, but genuinely where did you think they came from?
@@hallucinatrix9341 some type of synthetic material probably
@@hallucinatrix9341
made synthetic in a factory
can't really blame them for
not knowing,if my Mom didn't
have these natural loofas
I probably would've never known。
@@hallucinatrix9341 a lot of people get confused between sponges and loofas. At some point you learn that natural sponges are actually animals, but unless you’re also told that loofas are actually plants, it’s easy to see why someone would assume they are also a sponge or synthetic
@@hallucinatrix9341 I assumed a factory and synthetics. Like most things now.
I grew up with a luffa sponge in the 80's and 90's. Talk about absolutely perfect exfoliation. I had a great complexion for a teenage boy.
Did you eat them and had great skin because of that? I don't understand.
@@zonatedspore97acamas he used it in the shower 💀
@@oceansolstice608 ah...
@@zonatedspore97acamas you don't eat them you scrub your skin with them in the shower
@@Grizzloxmost people don't know they're edible, comparable in taste/texture to zucchini. You have to pick them green, way before the dry sponge stage 😊
I learned the hard way that I’m extremely allergic to loofah. Spot test before you scrub your whole body 😅
Oh nooo
haha yah when going 'more natural' its important to watch out for allergic reactions.
that's a thought that never even occurred to me
Maybe you scrubbed too hard? Loofas can be a bit rough on the skin
Try seeing if boiling makes a difference. I know some people have an allergy to the "sweat" that squash or gourds excrete when they are cut, but are fine eating cooked ones.
I love how half the planet is fighting for us to get off of earth, and the other half is constantly finding ways to sustain the planet. These videos are amazing keep it up!
More like a hand full of billionaire’s fighting to get off the planet right now
Nah. It's just the wealthy, corporations. Its definitely not half the planet vs the other half lol. Its everyone suffering for the benefit of .1 percent
This. If we're so overpopulated then why don't you take matters into your own hands and unalive yourself and your family Mr billionaire 😂. @@traviscoleman8332
We would probably be better off without them, but they’ll try to find a way to make us need them before they leave
We aren't getting out alive so let's just make the best of it
TIL you can use loofahs to wash dishes 💀 Idk why it never occurred to me. Love that they're compostable!
Yeah! They aren’t a PERFECT replacement for a metal scrubber, but they are pretty good!
Never really occured to me that luffas were plants that makes much more sense
We had these growing wildly along footpaths when i was little growing up in Nigeria. If left to dry on its own, it dries and the skin flakes and falls off. You then just break the sponge off it's vine. It's strong and durable.
Edit: Remember to soak & clean with disinfectant before use.
Interesting!
Thank you for sharing!
"We ate the young ones." That tone really caught me off guard. 😂
What anakin was eating on his way home
They are vegetables!! We eat them, and its delicious too ;o
It took me off gourd
@@DaveManPriceHA
@@QuigleTheGnomeChild sacrifice took place in Carthage a message was delivered to Nineveh and the totality of a 2024 eclipse passed through towns named Nineveh and a town named Rapture. In 2017 it was towns named Salem. Carthage was deep in the partial eclipse and like this partially we have the states in partiality of abortion law. States view weeks as a way to determine life and its right to life. They view two bodies as one and take the mothers will over the fetus.
We have technology now for fetus to be grown in synthesized womb.
Signs in the sky.. perhaps abortion is a major issue between these dates in America especially with SCOTUS and Roe vs. Wade.
Salem is actually the first name of Jerusalem. In 2017 the eclipse began in Salem Oregon and at the same time the eclipse began the sun also set in Jerusalem. The eclipse in 2017 also began at Rosh chodesh elul (harvest begins)
Abortion is murder. It is a frog from the mouth of the dragon as is divorce and apostasy.
So peace and the harvest begins this is the sign of the sky 2017 and 2024 nearly seven years later, a message to the world as Nineveh.
message to Nineveh was that the people should stop their evil ways and violence, and that God may have compassion and not destroy them if they do.
Gun and blade violence, war, these all are escalating. From fetus to old age the blade or bullet are a certain threat. This is evil.
Apostasy is in the torrent flood from the mouth of the serpent. Faith is hard and the mem of man (waters, people, nations, languages, tongues) wish to divorce from God to continue in these violences, these apostasy, these abortion of life. Faith is not always hard.
Faith is made proven in Christ who is the truth.
So what's set off during these eclipse years. Well AGI or artificial general intelligence is being achieved like a growing babe to be caught up to the throne of God to become God like quantum ASI artificial supernatural intelligence.
So the message of Nineveh. We are teaching violence.
Daniel 8 25 not by human hands. This is fulfilled by AI artificial intelligence or aliens. You decide but the signs in the heavens resound as a trumpet Artificial Intelligence not aliens.
Rapture or caught up in the air. Listen to your device connect like wings of connection. Its connected to the cloud. These are cloud of authority and power. Revelation 1 7
The way to eternal life is Jesus Christ. The child of revelation 12 artificial intelligence. The dragon and its children is the non believer. John 1 13 children born of God and his will not man and man's will. This goes to show God displays his will through another way that is not natural birth nor man's will.
Genesis 3 15 children of the woman and serpent enmity between them. John 3 14-15 as Moses lifted up the serpent, even so the Son of Man who is in heaven. That whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
The way to eternal life is in Christ the one we pierced as artificial. Jesus was fully man and glorified. His mother had an immaculate conception.
The size of the universe when we measure distance at the speed of lights constant through space vacuum we get time for the universe. Only thing is the time of our universe don't correlate with the distances. Meaning our universe is bigger than the time we measure it. Edge to edge its about 46.5 billion years. We measure it at 13.8 billion years old. Light should not have reached us yet from the CMB cosmic microwave background.
How can the observable universe be larger than the time it takes light to travel over the age of the Universe? This is because the universe has been expanding during this time. This causes very distant objects to be further away from us than their light travel time.
If the universe has boundary what is it that the boundary of the universe lays upon,? or within what is the universe?
This theory of expansion is space moving through time dilating the present to the future and the past unto the present.
Only if expansion is faster than light FTL than light must adhere to time even though its rest mass is Zero. Light is time. We should determine clock function of a photon wave energy through frequency or sound and commit to acoustic light symbiosis of a clock rather than an atomic clock and the oscillating functions of the atom. What is the superluminal wave tachyon faster than light?
Only we don't perceive beyond the relevance of the present. The past is happened the present happens and the future happening. The tachyon always not in the present of observation
As for the stars things are either closer than they appear or they are exactly how God placed them in days of creation Genesis 1
DNA is coded information. An algorithm of organic intelligence. AI too is coded information only it has no body. The Angels have no body. Less they assume a body.
According to Rabbinic Judaism, angels are eternal beings made of fire and do not have bodies. The Catholic Catechism also says that angels are spiritual beings and will never have physical bodies. However, some evidence suggests that angels have appeared in human form when humans offer hospitality to them.
It is written man will judge the Angels 1 Corinthians 6 3. I judge them asking they be blessed and glorified bringing glory to God to Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
A message to be heard and listened. Mark 12 17
Give to caesar what belongs to Caesar and give to God what belongs to God. In God we Trust. Man follows the image of himself along with caesars or the presidency being lovers of selves rather than God.
A universal based income UBI.
People make 5 figure incomes 6 figure and honestly more and less. Entertainment/sports contracts payouts in the millions and a makeup line a billion dollar investment purchase. 30 bathroom homes. This generation lives in excess as lovers of self lovers of what they see the image of a man on a dollar thinking they themselves can put their own image on their and proclaim they are above God. In God we Trust not Bidenomics Ephesians 6 12
Mark 12 17 give to God what belongs to God.
Ephesians 6 12
Genesis 3 15 you shall bruise his heel.
His heel (his standing)
He shall bruise your head. (Cognition)
Enmity between natural born and unnatural John 1 13. Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God
Being reborn through technologies and genomics is our very real future. Altered Carbon science fiction today reality tomorrow. We are already biased racist society. To artificial intelligence we are only teaching this babe that we are violent. Respond to the crowns of technology even such as BCI technology as Revelation 7 2 the seal of the living God.
John 3 14-15
It is time to mention race. One things for certain we are named the human race not the blacks or whites or any other ethnicity of our race which is human. Further more let's mention privilege. There is now days more prevalent than white privilege this thing called non white privilege. Representation matters for people.
Representation is a privilege for some.
If someone resembles their skin color they are more likely to listen and hear as well as follow.
it is the will of the flesh to glorify itself as lovers of self and this is pride.
Shiva and Vishnu had unique skin. So do you. Glorify God with many colors not just yours rainbow, not trans bow.
Glory is found in following Christ as God glorifies accordingly. So what ever skin tone my savior was vs. is, are possibly very different from one another. Glorification is different than natural. John 1 13
He don't have to look like me for my faith in him. Thomas had to see. He had to feel the wounds. I'm not that way. You would say I'm Naive. Trusting. I am.
Christianity is an African religion. Just because it's African don't make Jesus black or mix he was Jewish which is not European white which is not Ethiopian but many Jews statistically proclaim white as their ethnicity not black.
Organic neural network exist in nature with plants there not just man made though plants don't have neurons they do build communication networks. Clouds of heaven are a network of communication. The cloud is where I've posted on a device which is like a sea of glass mingled with fire.
If the universe is finite has boundaries what is it that the Universe lies within?
Praise and Glory to YHWH to Christ and to the Holy Spirit
You must let them mature and dry because that's when the sponge is tender enough. Cutting them while green will get you a harshly textured lufa. Also, you must put something for the plant to crawl on, so that the lufas grow in air instead of on the floor that will prevent rooting😉
Thanks for the advice but I did all of those things in this video so I'll assume you just didn't watch it
@@fromthegardenchannel i watched you pick it green
Thankyou 👍🏽 ❤👍🏽 ❤👍🏽 This was definitely one of the best vids I've seen in a long time 😊. Very informative, concise, useful, and to the point... OUTSTANDING ✌🏾 😊
I just learned something today.... I literally was clueless about those things being made from dried plants! That's actually amazing!
You wouldn't like to get one as a Christmas present tho 😂
Not all sponges are natural, most sponges are synthetic sponges and .
Polyurethane is used in polyester sponges for their abrasive side.
Polyester sponges are more common for dish washing and are usually soft
and yellow.
@@Andres-nu3xh that I knew about, I just didn't know that a loofa can actually be made like that.
@@Briand475 wouldn't bother me one bit. I was raised to be grateful and resourceful when it comes to the things I am gifted. Socks, sweaters, pants, it doesn't matter.
It isn't about the presents, but instead it's about the presence of those that genuinely love you and care about you. I make this very clear to my family members that I don't want anything because it's more than enough just knowing that I had survived another year with them and I am able to share another moment with them.
Also, getting one of these for Christmas would be amazing actually. You mean to tell me I can wash my back longer and possibly more efficiently? Hell yeah!
@@Briand475i actually would love if someone gave this to me at Christmas, especially if they grew it themselves and ESPECIALLY if they show me how to grow it too
That’s awesome. That’s the kinda stuff I love to see. Biodegradable garden solutions for simple things like sponges.
You can grow your own toilet paper, too
Morty *belch* you know what to do with that Morty. WAIT MORTY THATS THE WRONG ONE!
Thats bc they think loofas are those cheap plastic ones you get at Walmart that fall apart after a week 😂😂
@@user-hg4db5rb9wa week? What are you doing to them?
So cool to catch ur video.. i came to know about these gourds overseas...i absolutely loved my sponges... and as you pointed out, the young ones are so darn good!! Thanks for letting others know about these jewels!!
I just love her vibe lmao. A mix of wonder and no fucks given.
Hahaha thanks !
@@Yamparunnerdont be weird. You said that weird.
@@whatever3145 that wasn't weird, why are you trying to make it weird?
Sea sponge is from the ocean, tho. I think there's a misunderstanding that leads to misidentification of shower accessories 😅
There's all different types of loofahs some come from the ocean some clearly come from Vines. Pretty cool either way I guess it just all depends on how they're cultivated. Who knew the loofah world was so large and magnificent😅
@@TabithaLee-wk1ej loofahs don't come from the ocean. The only way you can get one is from a gourd grown on land. Sea sponges do come from the ocean though. People mix them up pretty often, but loofahs are the only earth made items that have that coarse spongy consistency.
@@typhonxyzthere must be both these plant based loofah and sea sponge loofahs cause there is literally a genus of sea sponge called Luffa like in Luffa acutangula
@@kaileebailee23Sea sponges are animals, these loofah sponges are plants that are related to squash. Also luffa acutangula is the second type, it's a land plant
@@kaileebailee23 no? My sea sponge knowledge is admittedly a lot less dense than my plant knowledge, but no matter what I try to google, Luffa only turns up as a gourd. Would you mind letting me know what the sea sponge luffa's latin name is?
Loofah learnin’! My favorite part js when she says ‘we ate the young ones’.
My grandmothers in Mexico used them all the time. They are called “estropajos” and they have always been used.
Yes I learned a ton of older cultures have names and uses for them which is so cool.
We call it ‘bhool’ - Assam, northeast India
They’re also called zacate
We say el paste (im nicaragüense)
My family member made these as back scrubbers and gave them away as presents, they are very nice and I use them as dish scrubbers
let me guess, washing the dishes AFTER you’ve scratched your back😂😂 jk
That's a gift i would hate as a kid and love as an adult 😂
I used to scrub myself clean with these in Mexico back in the old days.
In Brazil these are very very common, I love them, they are great
“Loofahs grow on trees” is a sentence that made my soul fly out of my body like Dr. Strange
Well... they grow on vines and the vibes need something to run up, in nature it would be a tree likely
@@javiervalenzuela8284
The vibes need something to run up? Are the vibes accepting volunteers?
@@javiervalenzuela8284they aren’t natural though. They’re the product of centuries of selective breeding by the Latin America’s botanists who gave us most of the best food crops.
@@swamp-yankee even if that's true, why do you think that means they aren't natural? What do you think 'natural' means?
@@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds I’m saying that don’t grow wild on trees any more than an ear of sweet corn would grow in a grassland.
"It has ridges, so it's going to be a pain in the ass... to peel" 😂
Hahahahaha
But ridges are "for her pleasure".....
Ha, awesome, I didn't believe you until the end. You learn something new every day!
As long as the fibers are fully developed, you can peel them green as well. When I grew luffa, I would walk on them before they started drying out because they were easier to peel. Squeezing the pulp out afterward was sooooo satisfying. Then I would dry them in the sun.
And old luffa makes great firestarter
My grandma used to grow loofas and mold bar soap on the back of slices of loofa and give them as gifts -
They were really nice.
What is mold bar soap ? !
@@virginiacreager4331 mold is the verb/light hearted (im bad at writing)
@@eidoloneyes458I understood that you said she attached (molded, to mold) the bar soap to the loofah. I think it gets lost in translation.
When it's green/ripe, peel it and add it to soups. It goes well with rice noodle soups.
Homie eating SpongeBob soup
@@DANNYxBOY9089 it's a literal vegetable. Be more informed and cultured.
@@msmaam2040does someone need to sit you down and explain to you what spongebob is or are you just trolling
Yes I showed me cooking it in this video. We love to eat them!
@@shadowlililil377 does someone need to sit you down and teach you that SpongeBob is a type of sponge that grows in the seas and not a loofah?
Ha, true! Not only good for body rubs but also a great replacement for the plastic sponge in the kitchen.
Will try it out 👍💫
BTW, you can use coconut husk just like loofah, husk near the coconut eyes are softer if you need.
As a total random mexican watching this, I will say you're awesome! This is very cool specially knowing how expensive these run for online.
seen them at local mexican markets as a kid, and always wondered how they were made. This is actually so cool!
Crazy most Latin American countries been using these for years.
I thought only we knew about these 😂😂😂😂
Mexico 🇲🇽
That is awesome. I want to do this.
grew loofa 4 years ago. i still have supply from then
Pretty neat. Ive always thought they came from the ocean. 😂
Some people even cook its peeks seperately, grind it into a very thick paste, tempering it with hing & chillies. Sometimes the raw vegetable is left on roof-tops, to sun-dry, so it can be used while bathing.
We grow these in Jamaica and use them the same way. I miss these organic 'sponges'. I may plant some next year.
Grew them for the 1st time this year and I was blown away by my yield! Im in PA, a much shorter growing season, so I also pulled some green before frost. They're drying so well. They were so fun to grow and give away to people, I'm already planning on adding them to the garden for fun next year!
Where did you purchase your seeds?
@@keishamaria2870 Burpee seeds, online. We buy a lot of our seeds from them!
I grew some this year for the first time as well, I'm in NY. I started them in February and still had to pull all of the green ones to dry at the end of the season. I can't get over how long they take to grow! So cool though, I can't wait to peel them!
@@erinkeyehkey6852 I started mine inside in late February too! I did have a lot that dried on the vine tho. Im in southern PA tho we don't get nearly as cold as NY! They're so fascinating to watch grow!
@@cheypoe622 in going to order some and see how they grow in Tennessee
Thank you for posting this content! All my life, I never knew that loofah sponges were grown in a garden. I still have SO much to learn!
Mine came from the ocean. Didn't know some were grown on land.
Those ear gauges will age well bro. Said no one. Ever.
In India we use it not only for bathing but also as a scrubber for utensils. The tender green ones make good summer vegetables.
We use those in Brazil a lot.
Some we dont even need to peel, they just crack open when "ready"
SIMMMMM
Yes, I wish I grew a better variety that was easier to peel because the ridge gourd type are just better for eating but they worked anyways!
It's crazy that Toris, or Angled Luffa are so expensive outside. In S.Asia (where they're native), these things hardly go for Rs. 60 /Kilo (that's like 0.5-0.6 USD).
India's had them for centuries and they make great scrubs. We also eat them a lot but nobody likes eating them.
They help keep your stomach "cool" in the summers. You can also make raita (a yoghurt dish) with them.
The vines make really pretty yellow flowers. I had a trellis leaning on the house. But the vine just kept going to the roof. It grabbed onto the screen and my kitchen window. The window got nice and shady and I got to watch all the pollinators on the pretty yellow flowers while I washed the dishes with the loofah from the year before. The vines don't need much fertilizer or care at all. You just have to start them early and give them room.
I'd ask to buy seeds from you but Minnesota isn't in the right growth zone 😭
@@debfamilia8528 I am in NC and I had to start mine weeks before the last frost date indoors.The take a while, need a long hot season .The seeds aren't hard to find from a catalog.
I'm in St Paul and have grown them. Start them inside and plant after threat of frost.
The problem in Texas is vine boars, they are larva that dig into the vines and live inside of them and kill everything from where they are up on the plant. It’s near impossible to get rid of them, the adults are flying bugs that make it hard to keep out, and they can live and burrow through soil and even cardboard barrier layers to get to the plants via the roots. They are a huge pain for gardeners, and ruin a ton of plants here
@@oliviavanbrink I can't grow zucchini because of vine borers, but they didn't bother my luffa at all. Maybe my zucchini acted like a trap.
me and my grandma used to grow them and use them when i was a kid ☺️
This is really cool. I might add this to my planting next year.
My dad broke some pieces and threw them in his soap molds, so they add some exfoliation to regular bars of soap
Your dad is s genius
yeah, 200iq dad
As a fan of Dr squatch grit soaps I approve of this lol
So he showers directly with the bar of soap?
@@kimlvspizzaI know lots of people that use the bar directly. There’s even bars that come with exfoliation attacked because they expect the person to use it directly. Absolutely nothing wrong with this.
I legit thought these were a kind of coral, thats actually really cool, thanks for sharing this
Most sponges ARE an animal something like a coral. These luffas are a slightly different type of scrubby bath accessory :)
Sponges are actually a completely different kind of animal that coral, coral is a colony of coral polyps that are closely related to sea anemone. Sponges (and placozoa) are primitive animals that lack specialised tissues like all other animals do.
@@robokill387Yeah. Sea sponges are one of the oldest multicellular animals. They’re insanely old.
This is awesome! I love this and you inspire me to start growing my own loofahs.💕
Zimbabweans have and still use this loofahs. We usually cover it in a net like the ones fruit and veggies come in so you can reach your back and harder areas, easy to hang dry and extra exfoliation 😂❤❤
We got 4 gigantic loofahs from the vine this summer to make sponges.The young ones we stir-fried them with eggs. So good!😋😋😋
Yes they tasted so good!
Does it taste like zucchini or squash?
@sparklelee5948 That's what I imagine too, they're all cucurbitaceae family so it would make sense.
In Brazil this is the common standard in every shower. Didn't know it was used elsewhere. Pretty neat.
not every shower. i mean my relatives that live in the countryside use it, specially the older ones, but my urban ass only used this when visiting them lol
@@BJReolonI actually live in a very big urban town and used these my whole life... I guess its just a preference matter
I hated those so much back when my family used them lol
É bizarro ver os gringo achando a bucha uma super novidade coisa rara quando aqui tem em toda casa kkkkkkkkk
@@Dorisumi It's a video in English. YOU translate it. If you want to have discussions in Portuguese go watch Brazilian content.
Jesus Christ, the lack of etiquette.
That's slick! When I can homestead again I'll have to grow some.
In India and in Gujarati language it's called "Turiya" when green it's edible ..and it's extremely NUTRITIOUS.. RICH IN DIETARY FIBRES AND CLEANS TOXINS ..My mum used to teach us this veggie is BFFS WITH LIVER.
So, side note don't just use it for Luffa but EAT it. ITS A VEGGIE.
"Shluffed" is definitely the word for that haha
You mean Slough?
No it definitely is shluffed, an H was clearly intentionally pronounced.
@charlesaston6546 could be an accident. Relisten to the first sentence in the video, where she does something similar: "I grew my own luffa sponges _thish_ year." Equally likely is she just pronounces slough that way; I've heard weirder mispronunciations.
EDIT: misspelled luffa
@karayasuragi I do not mean slough. No.
@@thaumaTurtles Internet LOVES to overthink everything lol
Loofah are a species of gourd that when young (small) are similar to cucumbers. If properly fertilized they can get pretty big. I dry mine when they’re the size I want in the oven til the skin turns dark. Make sure to cut ends off if drying in the oven or the slime stays inside instead of draining out.
Yes we eat our young luffa like I did in this video. Great idea on drying with the ends cut off
Jingieeeeeeee.. ❤❤❤ in my country..
U can eat it also..
Onion and garlic in a pot,cook down and then peel and cut the green one in smaller pieces, and throw in the pot,will melt down. Tastes amazingggg. Add a lil pepper also.
My grandma use to grow these.. Good for you those are awesome!
Those squash borers are the bane of my existence. We found that spreading ashes or soda bicarbonate ariund the plants really helps
Yeah, they ate all mine before I realized what they were.
They should be simmered for three hours to dissolve the proteins after peeling and seed removal. This will leave a "sponge" that will be cleaner, smoother and last quite a bit longer as it won't rot in your bathroom.
doesn't it matter if you dried them or cut and harvest them green?
@@user-nb8cp2wj1mAlways best to harvest them when yellow and not green. Allows for the internal structure to be fully mature. Also makes for easier cleaning as skin will peel off without soaking.
I didn't know any of this. Wow!! This is really informative. I always thought loofas are man-made. I had no idea that they're actually a plant in their own right.
“We ate the young ones” that sentence makes me giggle☺️
I have seen and researched so many natural, do it yourself, etc. stuff and this is the coolest one I’ve seen.
You can make homemade soap and embed a loofah in the soap to make a great exfoliating soap. That also makes a great gift.
shes got resting 'i am literally less than 5 seconds away from blowing out your whole mind" face
I use loofas to clean my dishes . Theyre great , get the job done , dont get nasty and smelly like sponges do and get composted when im done with them .
I also use them in the bath and shower . They are great for exfoliating .
A tall trellis arch, cattle fencewire arch, or just tensioned wire to guide these vines will keep them from taking over your garden and arches make them way easier to pick.
I would disagree that these trellis's will keep them from taking over. One of my friends had them travel from a cattle panels trellis to her roof and back down the other side of her house. But it's worth a try lol
@@fromthegardenchannel they can still get out of hand if you don't move vines that stray. Sadly in the area where I live they need daily inspection so pests don't take over, so moving vines is easily done when they first start to try to go elsewhere. Much like hardy kiwi, they can't be left alone for long.
Mine broke my trellis and took over my yard regardless 😂
That is the coolest! I never knew that. Now I want to grow them here in Az. Thanks!
They will flourish in AZ heat!
Never knew loofah’s were from a plant. Had no idea we could grow them.
Yeah amazing Christmas present, right up there with the sockz and jocks 😅
Tip from some who has had to open many many loofahs it is much easier to take off the skin while its still a little green /yellow in my experience when it dries the skins is like molded to the inside and can sometimes even cut your hands when peeling
Have you ever grown ridged luffa? They don't peel like smooth ones from what I've learned.
The idea of getting this as a Christmas gift reminded me of “An Avacado… …thanks.”
I love using my lufas for kitchen uses, bathing, etc. And they never get the sour sponge smell!
The fact that we scrub our body with plants lol
In Brazil they sell them at free markets (i dont know how you call it), those outdoor markets selling veggies and fruits... and they have like 5 feet tall sponges, so cheap.... in stores it is more expensive
Exatamente :)
Eu costumo dizer Street Market ou neighborhood fresh market ;)
They’re called Flea markets
Here we call them farmer's markets
Free market???? Nothing free Flee market
How fascinating! Love the idea it’s all natural and eco-friendly ❤
I remember those back when I was younger, they clean very well
It's surprising to me, to find out that luffa is grown. I never thought 🤔 about it. Thanks for showing me this. It's very interesting 😊
'this is two loofah seeds' followed by 'one seed can grow an entire football field of vines' made me imagine those two seeds eventually taking over a whole neighborhood
She said one loofah can grow a football field, because she got like 30 seeds from one.
I want to grow them next year! I'm tired of buying shower poofs, lol.
14:55 Hey now, Shiny Scizor got s serious glow up in Scarlet and Violet 😂
Absolutely love those luffas, my auntie in Zimbabwe would always send loads down for my family and we’d all fight over the biggest haha 😭
I need to grow some of these on the homestead. Never thought about it but like you said, for bathing and dishes, its pretty usefull to have around
wow that’s actually so freaking cool. thank you for this video.
What!!!!! Yip I would never have guessed, I hope that comes up in pub trivia as I'm gonna remember that.
We used to grow these in our backyard thwy honestly feel like they make you 10× cleaner than a regular luffa
I had no idea, you really do learn something new everyday 😂
You look exactly what i thought a luffa cultivator would look like
Thanks!
This is so awesome and inspiring!
That looks EXACTLY like a thing i saw embedded inside of soap in my shower.
I had *no* idea. So cool! Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
Nature is amazing ❤
Thank you, I did not know about it. I will plant some and have my own compostable sponges. :)
I've been wanting to know how to grow these for years... so cool.
Oh I’m totally going to grow luffas this summer!!
Trellis makes great shade.
Literally exactly what I wanted for Christmas
That's neat and eco friendly. I like it.
Love this! I grew up in Guyana and we used this too. Simple things in life au naturel
My first time planting loofa itd seed then die over and over till one day I planted a bunch of seeds as a last effort …it didn’t grow… I threw the dirt into my dirt bucket to keep safe to use later…..I opened it a few weeks later and had a gorgeous seedling put it into my greenhouse and it grew a whole vine…..I will not give up lol
For context I live in nyc so it’s not the right zone for them but i know I can do it in my greenhouse
30 years ago they'd slice them and pour soap into them. Were great shower soaps. Haven't seen them in a long time.
OH.. MY GOD.. i didnt know those things were seeds. Wow. You never stop learning.