The Incredible Edible Luffa - The Most Versatile Vegetable for Your Covert Garden
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@@yakopro49 I think th same
You know what I think they would be cool for? A shower floor mat. They seem like5 they would drain well and dry fast enough. Also sooth feet at the same time. Keep up the Good work. :)
I slice them with a sharp knife in slices, put a cotton rope tied through a seed hole, pour melted soap with essential oil into a round mold and make Luca scrubbing soaps on a rope for Christmas gifts. You are truly the best teacher. God Bless you and your family.
@Terry Chan, soap on a rope with essential oil added-wonderful idea
Thanks for sharing!
Love these. Fill the loofa with homemade soap, let dry, slice, use in shower or give away as gifts!
Soap scum and hair might not work well w it..... ;(
@@dewuknowHIM Oh but it does. I make it and love it.
Can they be used as a small bale for growing herbs? How are they cleaned and dried?
Why didn't I consider this for washing dishes? Now I feel stupid lol free sponges. I love this.
I was once gifted a slice of luffa with a dishcloth crocheted around it. It was quite handy, my dishcloth with a scrubber in the middle!
Until last year I thought these came from the sea. I knew it was a natural sponge but had no idea it was a gourd. I think these are the best things! Wish I had the room to grow a bumper crop to take to the farmers market! You could use these long ones to put in your boots to keep them upright and even put baking soda in them to keep them fresh!
Nice!
Natural sponges come from the sea.....
I too thought they were from the ocean.
Wow I never thought I would see that again since I leave my country in the Caribbean
I remember we use that instead of scrub brushes and sponges it's excellent for scrubbing
Everything that had seeds that we can make a bean bag so we can play catch with that's what we did with them with the seeds , we also shake them as a music instrument lol, what a wonderful childhood we had even though out toys was from the backyard or an old cardboard box lol
But thank you so much for bringing this video to us it brings back so much memories and it sure is very useful tips,( I'd be looking into getting some of those seeds pretty soon, if someone has some extra seeds and would like to share them I will sure be so happy to receive them 🤗)
God bless everyone
Christa you’re such a lovely soul!!!😇
I grow luffa gourds almost every year. I mostly use them for cleaning and bathing. I usually start mine indoors because we don't have a very long growing season.
Thank you for sharing scriptures!
I live in an apartment. How would I be able to grow these indoors?
Thanks! 😊
I have the same question as the last person. :)
Heidi T. Probably not. They grow up to 30 feet long
Try a tomato cage, or "decorative" trellis, on balcony or by window.
Oh girl! I LOVE Luffa!! My back porch is covered with those beautiful yellow flowers. My Mississippi weather is great for growing them. I save the seeds from year to year. I haven’t eaten them yet but will😉. Great video! Thank you for sharing how great this plant is. God bless all you do!! And yes, go spread the Word❤️
I use mine for bathing and dishes. I actually planted 9 at the end of June and they are still going strong but they got worms eating them and not sure what can I spray them with to kill them. They have climbed up the pergola,over the trees and over the neighbors yard. There are a few gourds I will pick hopefully soon but definitely I’ll plant again next year. What I love the most is that they are a great source of food for the bees. And for that reason alone it’s worth growing them.
Connie Filippopoulou spray BT for worms. I get white flies and Neem oil takes care of them and spider mites.
@@rosenixon2832 HI Rose. Please excuse my ignorance, I noticed your reply and you mentioned BT. What is that? I'm always looking for natural ways to control pests. Have an awesome day!
@@ronnor58 Bacillus thuringiensis, abbreviated as Bt, is a naturally-occurring bacteria which targets caterpillars.
I just love loofah sponges. Years ago when my daughter was little we painted her bedroom walls And then use a loofah sponge to sponge paint over it. She had the absolute coolest walls of all her classmates. Thanks for the video
Maybe they could be used as a first stage filter? Especially if you flatten them out. Not just water either. Oil, juices (like when making jelly) or something? Sure, there are easier ways but in a pinch! So, filter (first stage only) or strainer. Hmm.. Fish traps when sewn together. I know they'd do a good job cleaning out my stock tank! Speaking of stock... They'd be a great thing to help rid horses of dirt and shedding hair! (or cows ) And as you said, using them to scrub your clothes on a washboard too. LOTS of things. You are only limited to your imagination.
I love how you think, Kali!!! These are all great ideas!
@@PREPSTEADERS Thanks. I have the seeds but never have planted them. I'm going to for SURE now! OH and I've decided to try and sew them together (after maybe cutting them down the center, opening and flattening) to form a liner for my 55 gallon water barrels. They are placed under trees to help keep the water cooler. That means leaves and stuff in the barrels. Then every so often as needed, I can pull it out and dump. That saves the water but cleans the crud out. Hmm. Got my hamster busy spinning that wheel now! LOL OH! and the young leaves can be cooked and eaten and also as feed for goats, sheep, cattle and even horses! (yes, I looked that last part up.) God bless you and yours! Keep up the good work and word!
Kali Kale- could you please post your search criteria which yielded the information regarding using the plant of the loofah to feed goats? I have done several searches and I cannot find anything regarding this, and I am very interested in finding off grid solutions for growing my own animal feed. Would much appreciate it! :-) Thank you!
Great ideas!
Wow your brain is awesome!🤔😃😃❤
I grew my first loofah patch this year, didn't produce as much as I expected but learned a lot for next year. I, too, go out every morning, and evening, just to look at them.
Thank you for NOT BEING A SNOWFLAKE ... but a true, inteligent and practical soul..
I love a loofah sponge. When I was younger I thought they came from the Sea.
It was only last year that I found out they are a gourd. So I bought some Seeds. I planted a view as an experiment. I have about 8 loofah gourds on the vine and I'm waiting for them to start drying out before I harvest them. I plan to use them in my homemade soaps and as bath sponges.
I love loofahs. I remember my grandfather getting them from a tree when I lived in the Dominican republic. And they last long too. Saintly days of yore.
The synthetic yellow one, I thought it was a sea sponge
Oh my G! I threw out all my luffas and exchange them for the fluffy plastic balls.....thank you for educating me now I have to revert but it is not easy to find luffas in store.
Great video. How bout sponge painting with them , perhaps cut into shapes
Molly Tarrant my thoughts exactly!!!!!
That's a great idea
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Good Morning, Oh my gosh! This is such a treasure of a video! Thank you so much....Love to you
Great info, I wish I had just a fraction of your knowledge. God Bless
I love your channel and your inspirational and uplifting messages. I was not aware of how a loofah grows. Thank you for sharing this. My idea is to fill or dip the loofah in wax and use as an emergency candle. It might make a comfortable house for a hummingbird in Spring after it hardens or fill with seed for a unique bird feeder. It reminds me a bit of how corn husks were used although loofah has those unique airy caverns.
I started growing them 3 years ago, and get seeds from the last years groth to grow the following years crop. So much fun.
I wonder if you could weave several together into floor mats to remove mud, snow etc from shoes during the winter?
That is a great idea.
Anything's possible👍👌
Thanks Christa. A guy at church gave me some last year. I had no clue what they were. 😂 He told me you make loofahs with them.
Best garden video I have watched ever! You are an angel for real!Thank you. God bless you.
I have learned something new today. I always thought that it came from a type of cacti. Thank you from this info and I do use them when I shower.
Wonderful information- my dad used to grow these and sell them. I am going to start doing this next year!
I absolutely love your channel.
I always assumed they came from the ocean! This was so interesting...thank you!
Congratulations and many blessings ❤
This video was so interesting! I feel so dumb, I thought luffas came from the ocean! I never saw these plants, and I'm 56. 😳
Had no idea you could eat these, when they young.
have you ever thought of doing a video on Jerusalem artichoke. they take care of themselves they double themselves every year, beautiful yellow flowers and a great food source in winter when nothing else is around they're similar to a very ugly potato. They are also low glycemic.
I love this woman as a friend. ❤
Very cool I live up in Michigan so maybe I could try one of those plants in the greenhouse we shall see excellent video as always God bless you
I will plant some Luffa in my garden. They look beautiful, are bee friendly and the plant gives food and sponges! How great is that! All what we need for cleaning, for food, for our health grows in a garden. It's so incredible wonderful! I love how nature works and what God prepared for us! 💝
I wish I could think of a suggestion for loofahs but I think you and the other comments pretty much covered everything I can think of - ha! Congratulations on the 100k subscribers!!! I am HAPPY to be one of them! :)
I m already using this free of cost in India frim years I get it from village
I tried them for the first time this year also. From Baker Creek as well. Our driest year since 1890 something. Mine haven't turned yellow yet so I don't know what I'll get but it climbed my cherry tree and is dangling from there. I had given up on any growing and then bam it was like 4 months before they produced. . Also add prayers for breast cancer I contracted thank you -sandy
You're terrific .. tks for the information
Awesome stuff,thank you👍👊🙏❤️😄😎
Great for REFLEXOLOGY
(Pressure points on the feet)
I would like to try using them to paint with.... might make some cool patterns different colors on a few loofahs.... love your channel by the way!!!!!
I enjoy your videos and this one was no exception. You really do your homework. Thanks for sharing this useful and interesting treatise on luffa plants/sponges. I have had trouble with earwigs devouring the young plants, but I am going to try again next year. ~Michele
YOU can use them for fire stats and at the bottom of post for drainage! Hope to win the giveaway but just grateful for your videos and spiritual food! May our FATHER bless and keep you always!Praise JESUS!
You can cut them in inch wide pieces and fill with homemade natural soaps. Not sure how but you can soak them in vinegar to cure them. The ones on the sticks are the best thing ever for dry brushing yours or others skin. "Dry brushing" the skin's surface can be used to help stroke patients.
Loofas are grt nd wonderful on the face nd body! I’ve seen my mom many of my relatives use it am using it since my childhood we get fr damn cheap here in India nd yes we do eat the gourds too in different ways incorporating it in chutneys nd curries. I did also try those synthetic ones that u showed the blue one types those r booming here in business but fr me personally it’s abrasive on the skin nd doesnt (edit) hav a grip. Thank u fr being selfless nd loving the world will be a btr place. U r beautiful! God bless u mre! Love Rachel Charles 😊
Thank you for sharing this, I had no idea they could be grown here.
I assumed that they were some kind of 'exotic' plant.
God Bless !!!
I look forward to more covert garden episodes.
I have always wanted to grow these.
Hi Christa, I just LOVE the way you give us all these wonderful ideas for our "Covert" gardens! Hmmm...you ask a great question...what would we use those luffas for. Other than sponges, I'm not sure but I love your idea for makeshift shoe soles. Your are always so smart! Thank you for all your inspiration - and I love the Bible reading too!! You are such a blessing!! Love, Mary
I love the idea of using them for the washing up! I hate throwing away all those nylon/plastic sponges.
Way cool.thanks for sharing
Love this! I live in a colder climate, but I'll try growing these in a cloche next year; can't wait! Thank you Prepsteaders :-)
Loofah is grown in Barbados and we cook them when they are young when they are dry we use it for dish washing
They are delicious
So wonderful!! I need to go see all the other vids from you I've missed (grrr), to see how to have the husband build something sturdy to grow these next year, Jesus willing! Thank you!! xo
Hi you never did the one about ginger and turmeric how grow it !You promise a long time ago !! Thanks for sharing! God bless-
Chop up an use for a polishing medium if you reload. They are Great!
Thank you so much for the intense information! You're a great teacher! Thank you and God bless you.
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You are so beautiful the way you explain things and I will say AMEN to the scripture praise God for his words and God bless you 👏
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I dont think that would work too well for a shoe sole. I have made four and a half pairs of different pairs of shoes now so far the best shoe sole is diatomaceous earth and active carbon proto putty molded to desired shape and left to cure for 3 weeks. I think if it was where you wanted to use a found material tire treads would be a better option but then sewing them on would be tough and sealing your stitches so they dont wear would require pitch. Mabe that would help if you cut the loofah into strips and poured pitch or some other substance that would do the job to harden and toughen the loofah layer the loofah and compress it tightly till you have a shoe sole. I personally am going to look into different things but if other people like the loofahs and the bees like them I know a spot that is wet and sunny for them.
Do you they would be a good supplemental insole, on top of a shoe's original insole?
Growing up in Thailand,we love to cook with it 🤤🤤🤤👍🙏❤️
I feel so blessed after watching this video, my grandmother used to grow them, and I was afraid the would not grow anymore, but I'm living in manitoba Canada, do you think that they would grow here to,
I love the shoe sole idea.
You can put it on a pvc tube with one end sealed and pour homemade soap into the tube. When it hardens you use an air compresser with a valve to push the soap out of the PVC pipe and cut it up into exfoliating bars of soap.
Brought these seeds awhile ago and didn't know what to do with them. Now I know what they can be used for. THANKS
WOW!!! I MUST GROW THESE WHEN I MOVE!!! TKS SO MUCH
Growing up, my family only ever used loofahs for our baths and showers. My mother insisted that we scrub our selves properly. Bath poofs seemed like a joke ("are you really going to get clean with that?"). To maximize body scrubbing power and ease of use, we'd split the loofa down the side so it opens up like a hotdog bun. Then we could sandwich a bar of soap in between and rub the two sides together to build up a good lather. The inside scrubs even better than the outside part.
I feel silly though because until very recently I never knew that loofahs grew above ground. I thought they were sea sponges this whole time! Coincidentally, my housemate brought it up earlier last week before I watched this video.
I haven't used a loofah in a while though, because I prefer the scrubbing gloves (too bad they're plastic).
Yes! It’s amazing!! Thank you for sharing this. I want to start my own garden. I just watched your video on beginning gardening. I will start soon.
Congrats on the 100k subscribers.. Your channel is informative and a blessing. I have been a loyal fan for some time now. God bless
A great inspirational lady. I love your scripture memorization videos too! Congratulations 🎉👏 on reaching 100000 subscribers and looking forward to more.
God bless u, this is beautiful and fun to discover.
I never saw, the process of turning into a Luffa, but I did use a luffa, and it was fun and it felt great. 🙏👏🌻❤️👍🌟✝️
I’m your fan. Love your videos and your beliefs 👍🙏
Thank you so much. I shall definitely try these in my garden. God bless 🙏
Oh , your channel is just wonderful, THANK you.
lol, I'd hang onto the sponges until my luffas are grown & processed. THEN get rid of all the fake stuff. Otherwise I won't have anything to scrub with until then!
I was thinking the same thing.
This was a very interesting topic.Love the teaching!
awesome informative......share people share the knowledge.....we all will prosper in times of turmoil as a team..... not as an island......peace!
It truly is wonderful
You are amazing! I’m watching your channel and learning while I’m making earrings. 😁 I have some old seeds so I’ll have to see if they still work. Bless you, Christa!
Wow! So interesting! Id like to try this next year!! Great gifts. How long did it take to grow? The one you just peeled.
Is there some way to cut it in strips and weave/braid it into a welcome mat?
These are eaten in Indian cuisine, when they're young and tender
Thanks for the videos Cheers !
I think the shoe sole idea is great. I almost always wear extra insoles in my steel toe work shoes or my everyday shoes. If I ever grow and harvest these successfully, I'd love to try them as insole support. Sometimes I _really_ need new insoles and/or new shoes and my finances are too tight to spend $6 to $15 bucks on them. If these work as an insole supplement, that could get me by in a pinch or potentially save me $50 bucks a year on insoles.
Thank you for teaching me so much!!
Bless your darling heart... love these programmes. Question, not sure if you have covered this but do you have recipe for making toothpaste? I refuse to use those from supermarkets that are basically poison. I do have one which consists of coconut oil+salt+bicarb. The oil seems to be glugging up my drain.
Yep. The oil will solidify when it hits cooler pipes. If it’s directly under the sink in the trap it’s not so hard to deal with. If it’s further down the line, big mess or money snaking the drain.
I’ve heard people using peroxide and natural charcoal. I’d swap the oil for any water like liquid. Peroxide, alcohol or even plain water to make the paste.
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Do you ever gift seeds to your viewers ? If so I would love some !
Ĺove your videos and your gentle spirit. Keep sharing the word.☝️🙏😊
Okay I'm just gonna come right out and say it since it seems like nobody else has LOL It's SO hard to concentrate on the content of this video when there's a gorgeous woman stroking a phallic vegetable through the whole thing! LMAO
I’m thinking they might be good for air filters, water filters,helmet liners, musical instruments, evaporative cooler panels, knee pads,dessicants for food storage... still thinking.The main attraction is the good output and the low maintenance, as well as the amount of seeds. I can see it.Oh wait.. snowshoes!
You are awesome... I am jealous that I never was granted the good fortune to have someone like you in my life... anyway, I am thinking custom pillows, especially in summer, just stuff as much or as little in a 100% cotton pillow sleeve, zip it shut...
Awesome vid, that is a great veg, Thanks.
Thankyou very good and useful information. I have the seeds but I don’t have place to plant can I grow it in pots on the terrace? Thanks
I have grown them meny times. My chickens love to eat the extra seeds.
Can you roast the seeds like pumpkin seeds?? Love your channel.
Love this video!