**Buy Luffa Seeds Here: sowrightseeds.com/products/luffa-gourd-seeds?_pos=1&_sid=837937042&_ss=r Don't Forget to Use Code SageStone10 for 10% off! ** Seeds from green Luffa are usually not viable. They need to be black and not paper thin.
Heather you have my wheels turning. Round luffa sponges have never appealed to me but I like the idea of a flat sponge I can compost. Now it’s a question of where to grow. Maybe up and along my garage. You definitely have me thinking.
Best demonstration of peeling the luffa. I have some I pulled off the vine as we had a hard frost. I have the drying in the sun hoping they ripen more. After watching this ---I don't think I need to wait. Thank you.
Well done loyal and faithful servant that harvested loofah plant. Happy Fall days I am try this plant in our community garden next year that of zone 9B. Thank for sharing.
Woohoo, this was a wonderful video Heather. Loved seeing the end results and how you prepped the luffa to turn it into a flat sheet of sponge. Very cool that the ones that went through a frost seem to still yield some sponge, so that's nice to know for future years. =) 💚
Thanks so much for sharing the processing of the sponges!! I was given seeds a few years ago but didn't take advantage of the opportunity. Next year I plan to give it a try!!! Again thanks for sharing your day!! Stay safe!!
I have grown luffa and used it as a back scrubber, but I love your idea of using it as a square scrubber. (I use the little ones for scrubbing my vegetables.) I’m definitely going to try your idea! Thank you.
I am 100% going to grow some luffa in the next growing season! I had wanted to this year, but time got away from me before I knew it and we ran out of space... So even if we plant it in an unconventional place, we'll have luffa for Autumn 2024. Thanks for sharing this much easier way to process luffa!
Thank you for this! I am so excited to try raising luffas next summer. I'm wondering how early I should sow them inside before our last frost. It never occurred to me they could be usable while still green. You make this so simple! I'm amazed how sturdy they seem when you were scrubbing them. Really exciting!! 🙂 God bless!
Hi Heather its Eileens mom writing to you I found your idea with the lufas excelente I ve never seen it in a plant process. Is there any way you can send me Also to seeds of lufa together with punkin seeds. I would be greatful to you.Thanks again and I enjoy every. Video you do. thanks one more time.🇵🇹✌️✌️✌️✌️
You bet! I saw a lot of people ultimately cutting out the middle for flat sponges anyway, and I knew they would be easier to clean that way from the start! ♥
I like this harvest method! This is my second year luffa learning. I've got the germination, seedling, and starter plants and have saved all my seeds. Now I need to learn what I can make with them
Id love to grow luffa but I dont think they would get to a point where theyd be usable here, forsure never dry on the vine. We dried bottle gourds a couple years ago and had no luck at all. But we can crochet fat washcloths that act very much like a sponge!
Crocheting is such a valuable skill!! Luffa does need a long growing season to mature, and it can be started indoors to get a jump on the season. I was honestly shocked how many of the ones we grew had usable fiber inside!
@SageandStoneHomestead does it need hot weather though? The bottle gourds we tried didn't really produce anything because our weather rarely gets up past 85 and usually hovers around 78 in the summer. I've heard these types of gourds prefer heat. Also my crocheting skills stops at dishcloths and scarves 😆
I read that too. And it's very possible they would rather have heat. We had a mild summer for us but still regularly saw 90 degree days! Nothing wrong with an awesome crochet sponge, have you seen that scrubby yarn?
Heather, This video is JUST what I have been searching for!!! Thank you! Up until last week I have been researching this very topic ( 4 months of getting nowhere ) and the n...TA-DA! ..Heather to the rescue :)
Thank you so very much for showing this! I have tried to grow this for 3 years, and this year was successful here in Central Illinois. I have about 20 green ones and have never seen the process this way. I also can crochet, and with gardening, I now can combine the two hobbies together. Be blessed, thank you again!
Yay! I'm so glad this video is helping you! Being able To crochet is great because you can stretch out the luffa to more sponges by backing them with a crochet square! ❤️
I’m so glad I came across your video. I just had hurricane Milton destroyed my plant. I had a lot of green ones waiting to dry out in the had to harvest them. I am going to try your technique and hopefully I can save them. Thank you for sharing.
OH MY GOODNESS! Thank you so much for sharing the link on this with me in a comment. This looks totally doable and pretty darn easy too. I live in a short growing season area, so this could be the game changer I was looking for. Also, I be a person could still have the rings, just cut them after skinning and before washing maybe? Seems like a lot of work just to get a ring shape when the flat style is so much easier though.
Heather…I don’t have chickens…so ca I just get more seeds out of the innards??? Thankyou…..your video is the most helpful one that I found…..you are just so precious and so smart with a sweet voice..hugs carolyn from Columbus Georgia
Hey there! Yes the black seeds with very hard exteriors are viable. White or light colored ones are underdeveloped and won't grow. You can compost those right in the bed where they grew if you like :) they will feed the worms and microbes in the bed and give nutrients back to the soil for a better garden next year!
Thanks so much for this idea. I grew a lot a few years ago and didn't do anything with them apart from slicing a few. This is a much better idea. I still have the old dry ones so im going to try this. I tend to eat them now so i haven't let any get big.
I am so grateful for this video i have two on the vine ready to be picked and two more growing…here in Central FL they are still producing…the other way is soooo difficult
Not from all of them. One Luffa has enough seeds for a whole small town for a lifetime. I saved and sold seeds from half a luffa this year and that was plenty :)
Thank you for this video! Typically, I let my luffa dry on the vine, but I got a late start this year and we just had our first frost last night and was trying to figure out the best way to salvage my luffa. I do flat sponges as well and your process looks so much easier than others! 🩷
**Buy Luffa Seeds Here: sowrightseeds.com/products/luffa-gourd-seeds?_pos=1&_sid=837937042&_ss=r
Don't Forget to Use Code SageStone10 for 10% off! **
Seeds from green Luffa are usually not viable. They need to be black and not paper thin.
I like your way of processing them compared to how I seen everyone else do them. It actually makes much more sense to me to do them like this.
I thought so too!! I got your email earlier. Just need to wait for a few extra minutes to sit down and read! Thank you so much!!
Looks a little like a packet of ramen noodles lol. We’re hoping to grow luffa next year!
It DOES LOL
I love when you do stuff like this. So amazing!
Thank you! It's fun to share these neat things with all of you!
I'm just amazed! I've learned things i never knew. I didn't even know, that in didn't know 😂 as silly as that sounds.
Yes!!! "I didn't know that I didn't know" is such a cool feeling when you learn something new!
That's the cutest little sponge. Thanks for walking us through your process, Heather - super helpful!
why, thank you!! ♥ Thanks for watching!
Heather you have my wheels turning. Round luffa sponges have never appealed to me but I like the idea of a flat sponge I can compost.
Now it’s a question of where to grow. Maybe up and along my garage. You definitely have me thinking.
I hope you find a good spot!!
This is awsome! I'm defiantly gonna try to grow these next year. I like the idea of the flat sponge seems like it would hold soap better❤
Yeah I think so too!
Best demonstration of peeling the luffa. I have some I pulled off the vine as we had a hard frost. I have the drying in the sun hoping they ripen more. After watching this ---I don't think I need to wait. Thank you.
Yeah you don't need to wait in my opinion!! Have fun!!
Well done loyal and faithful servant that harvested loofah plant. Happy Fall days I am try this plant in our community garden next year that of zone 9B. Thank for sharing.
You will have great success!! Enjoy! ♥
Interesting video. Awesome. Thank you so much for sharing this. Love and Blessings to you all. ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
Thank you Doris!! 😍
Woohoo, this was a wonderful video Heather. Loved seeing the end results and how you prepped the luffa to turn it into a flat sheet of sponge. Very cool that the ones that went through a frost seem to still yield some sponge, so that's nice to know for future years. =) 💚
Yes it's exciting to know they can handle a hard freeze while green if they are far enough along in the process to make sponges out of!
Amazing video Heather!!! I was always intimidated by everything luffa! But this made me feel like i can do it! Just gotta find the space to grow it! 😂
A nice sturdy trellis for sure!+
Thank you for this nice future plan, i'm gonna do it 😊
It's so fun!
Thanks so much for sharing the processing of the sponges!! I was given seeds a few years ago but didn't take advantage of the opportunity. Next year I plan to give it a try!!! Again thanks for sharing your day!! Stay safe!!
Anytime! Thanks for being here! ❤️
I have grown luffa and used it as a back scrubber, but I love your idea of using it as a square scrubber. (I use the little ones for scrubbing my vegetables.) I’m definitely going to try your idea! Thank you.
We want to make a back scrubber from one too!
Thank you for this! Looking forward to growing luffa next year!
Enjoy it!!
I am 100% going to grow some luffa in the next growing season! I had wanted to this year, but time got away from me before I knew it and we ran out of space... So even if we plant it in an unconventional place, we'll have luffa for Autumn 2024. Thanks for sharing this much easier way to process luffa!
I want to grow it every year now!
How did they turn out!!?? 🤩
Thank you for this! I am so excited to try raising luffas next summer. I'm wondering how early I should sow them inside before our last frost. It never occurred to me they could be usable while still green. You make this so simple! I'm amazed how sturdy they seem when you were scrubbing them. Really exciting!! 🙂 God bless!
I was amazed too and had to share!
I always love your videos Heather. Informative and entertaining, feels like family at home. ❤
I'm so happy for that!! Thanks for being here ❤️
Hi Heather its Eileens mom writing to you I found your idea with the lufas excelente I ve never seen it in a plant process. Is there any way you can send me Also to seeds of lufa together with punkin seeds. I would be greatful to you.Thanks again and I enjoy every. Video you do. thanks one more time.🇵🇹✌️✌️✌️✌️
Yes! I'm sorry I haven't replied on Instagram, I'll be over there in a second!
Loved this!!!
Thank you! So much fun!!
I have grown luffa for years and never thought to process them by cutting out the middle. 🤦🏻♀️ Thank you for showing this.
You bet! I saw a lot of people ultimately cutting out the middle for flat sponges anyway, and I knew they would be easier to clean that way from the start! ♥
Very interesting!
Thank you!
I like this harvest method! This is my second year luffa learning. I've got the germination, seedling, and starter plants and have saved all my seeds. Now I need to learn what I can make with them
You could also use the round luffa cylinders as seed starting pots. Mix shredded luffa with compost to make potting mix for seed starting.
So helpful, thank you!! The tip about cutting them open makes them easier to work with & is a faster way to remove the seeds.
I poste a link to this to our plant group. We have grown luffa before but this is very informative- and the sponges are very nice.
Thank you so much!! ♥
Id love to grow luffa but I dont think they would get to a point where theyd be usable here, forsure never dry on the vine. We dried bottle gourds a couple years ago and had no luck at all. But we can crochet fat washcloths that act very much like a sponge!
Crocheting is such a valuable skill!! Luffa does need a long growing season to mature, and it can be started indoors to get a jump on the season. I was honestly shocked how many of the ones we grew had usable fiber inside!
@SageandStoneHomestead does it need hot weather though? The bottle gourds we tried didn't really produce anything because our weather rarely gets up past 85 and usually hovers around 78 in the summer. I've heard these types of gourds prefer heat.
Also my crocheting skills stops at dishcloths and scarves 😆
I read that too. And it's very possible they would rather have heat. We had a mild summer for us but still regularly saw 90 degree days! Nothing wrong with an awesome crochet sponge, have you seen that scrubby yarn?
Heather, This video is JUST what I have been searching for!!! Thank you! Up until last week I have been researching this very topic ( 4 months of getting nowhere ) and the n...TA-DA! ..Heather to the rescue :)
Yay! I really enjoy this processing method, it's much easier on the elbow!
Oh, I love how you made that! *adds luffa to cart.
SO fun!
Much simple and easier!esp. The lemon juice part
This video helps me so much!!! I made a video of an entire different cycle but I love this one better!! Thank you!!!
Glad it helped!
Thank you so very much for showing this! I have tried to grow this for 3 years, and this year was successful here in Central Illinois. I have about 20 green ones and have never seen the process this way. I also can crochet, and with gardening, I now can combine the two hobbies together. Be blessed, thank you again!
Yay! I'm so glad this video is helping you! Being able To crochet is great because you can stretch out the luffa to more sponges by backing them with a crochet square! ❤️
Great video! I love how you took us all the way through to the end product. Thank you ❤
You are so welcome! thanks for watching!
Oh my gosh! I never thought to crochet my loofahs! Thank you for this!
You bet!! Have fun!
Great ASMR sounds 😊
I’m so glad I came across your video. I just had hurricane Milton destroyed my plant. I had a lot of green ones waiting to dry out in the had to harvest them. I am going to try your technique and hopefully I can save them. Thank you for sharing.
You bet! I am so sorry about Milton, glad you are okay!
You rock your videos are amazing and so are you ❤
Thank you so much!!
@ Your awesome, Doo glisten to the nay sayers.
You are so good at teaching. You make everything seem so attainable
Glad you think so! That's the goal ❤️
This is exactly what I needed! Thank you!
I'm so glad it helped!
Thank you so much for making this video. I will be growing them next year for the first time. I'm so excited.
Yay! It's something to be excited about for sure!
Marvelous process! Heather, you are so talented and creative in your processing! I love to warch your channel!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you're here ❤️❤️
How many seeds did you plant? I seem to remember you saying it was just one but not sure. It sure did get big!
Two plants! One on either side of the trellis.
@@SageandStoneHomestead I think I better just plant one then lol!
I planted two in case one didn't thrive! But they both ended up taking off! ♥
@@SageandStoneHomestead Well, you got some awesome sponges out of them haha! I can't wait to try them!😉
OH MY GOODNESS! Thank you so much for sharing the link on this with me in a comment. This looks totally doable and pretty darn easy too. I live in a short growing season area, so this could be the game changer I was looking for. Also, I be a person could still have the rings, just cut them after skinning and before washing maybe? Seems like a lot of work just to get a ring shape when the flat style is so much easier though.
Yes that would be a good way to clean the seeds out easily, to cut the rings first, genius!
Heather…I don’t have chickens…so ca I just get more seeds out of the innards??? Thankyou…..your video is the most helpful one that I found…..you are just so precious and so smart with a sweet voice..hugs carolyn from Columbus Georgia
Hey there! Yes the black seeds with very hard exteriors are viable. White or light colored ones are underdeveloped and won't grow. You can compost those right in the bed where they grew if you like :) they will feed the worms and microbes in the bed and give nutrients back to the soil for a better garden next year!
Oh fun! This was my first year growing them! It has been so fun! I have a lot of green ones so your tips were great! Thanks again!
Thanks so much for this idea. I grew a lot a few years ago and didn't do anything with them apart from slicing a few. This is a much better idea. I still have the old dry ones so im going to try this. I tend to eat them now so i haven't let any get big.
They taste good!! I've only ever had them raw. How do you prepare yours?
I've always let mine completely dry out here in Greece. Then the outer skin cracks, and you break it off. Your way looks easier.
I think it is easier! Thanks for watching !
Great video! Really really enjoyed! Great info! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks so much!! We are about to harvest green luffa again! :)
I am so grateful for this video i have two on the vine ready to be picked and two more growing…here in Central FL they are still producing…the other way is soooo difficult
Enjoy processing them this way!
Thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you, this was very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent Suggestions. I’ve purchased luffa seed for next season and hope to try this. Thank you so much from zone 7b in SC.
Enjoy!! 🤩
Very nice. TY!
Our pleasure!
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Can you save the seeds when processing this way?
Thanks!
The black hard seeds are viable, but the white ones are not. I have gotten viable seed from a green luffa that was very mature!
Are any of the darker seeds viable for planting from the green Luffahs? Or is it only the dead ones that have viable seeds?
The dark ones should be viable. Black and hard. If they are just starting to turn they might not keep.
@@SageandStoneHomestead Okay. I'll have to try it again. 😄 I will be going to another place where the growing season is much shorter.
Can sense dental floss to sew them together?…
Yes that would work!
You don't save the seeds???
Not from all of them. One Luffa has enough seeds for a whole small town for a lifetime. I saved and sold seeds from half a luffa this year and that was plenty :)
Thank you for this video! Typically, I let my luffa dry on the vine, but I got a late start this year and we just had our first frost last night and was trying to figure out the best way to salvage my luffa. I do flat sponges as well and your process looks so much easier than others! 🩷
I prefer processing green luffa, they stay white without needing to sun them or add anything else like lemon juice or bleach!