Young, tender luffa can be picked and eaten, while you can dry mature fruits to use as natural sponges. Homes & Gardens. When to harvest luffa – and how to process fruits for homemade sponges.

Meanwhile closer to home, another building material using the humble luffa is being developed. Combining luffa, charcoal and soil, an interlocking brick module has been created by the team at the ...

According to Janice Cox, author of “Beautiful Luffa,” growing these vegetable plants, which are cousins to squashes, pumpkins and cucumbers, is easy.

Luffa grown in the U.S., like the ones from The Luffa Farm, don’t have to be treated with anything since they’re not imported from overseas. They just get a quick rinse before they’re sold.

According Selbak, the piece integrated luffa's breathable quality, while bringing natural materials into a home. "The plant fibres are durable and biodegradable, allowing both air and light to ...

LEXINGTON, S.C. — Did you know luffa, that scrubber you use in the shower, is a vegetable? Turns out you can grow it here in South Carolina, and you can even eat it when it's 4 - 6 inches long ...

Q: I am writing a newsletter article about luffa vine. The fruit of the vine has lots of seeds and I want to be sure it's not invasive. — Gayle Dean, Columbus A: If you plant a luffa gourd seed ...

If you toss your luffa-pronounced loofah-into the washing machine with some bleach once a week, it won’t harbor skin infection-causing bacteria, say doctors at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Description: Also known as angled luffa, Vietnamese gourd, and silk squash, Chinese okra is a long, ridged, dark green vegetable grown on tropical and subtropical vines. Chinese okra has little to do ...