Did you know your bathroom loofah might have grown from a plant? Unlike large plastic loofahs, natural luffas aren’t manmade at all—they’re actually made from dried gourds. That’s also how loofahs got ...

Learn how the luffa plant is processed to make a sponge Lara Brooks explains how to determine when a luffa fruit is perfect for picking and shows how to remove the skin, seeds and meat to produce a ...

Money doesn’t grow on trees, but sponges grow on vines. Loofahs (also known as luffas) are a type of vining plant that produces fruit that closely resembles a large zucchini. The loofah fruit can be ...

The sponge gourd has a long history of cultivation in most tropical countries of the world. Its principal uses are based on the closed fiber network that forms a resilient mesh in the walls and core ...

Shockley grows luffa, the fibrous, sponge-like plant that people often use while bathing. She puts soap in some of her harvest to sell as ready-made scrubbers. Luffas grow from vines, Shockley ...

I was invited to attend the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello as a member of the press this past weekend and despite the sweltering heat, I managed to learn a thing or twenty. As I walked ...

Dr. Bhanusali gives a hard pass on loofahs. "They harbor bacteria and debris which can lead to breakouts and possibly even infections," he said. He's also not a fan of physical exfoliants such as this ...

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- From the outside, the green plants appear to be a cucumber flowering during harvest, but inside a luffa sponge is growing. Nathan Pauls and his wife are the owners of Luffa ...