I have herpes. Mom alcoholic. Dad throws rocks at cats. Brother kills hamsters. Sister cuts dolls hair and glues it on her head. Cousin put legs around his head and walks on his hands. Uncle drinks booze with mom and they wrestle in mom and dad's room. Aunt chops off the chickens heads. I go to school and watch my friend Chucky fart on the teachers desk before class. Chucky pees his pants on purpose and pretends it's an accident. I started pooping pants and pretend it's an accident to be like Chucky. We laugh. Principle schulinger says me and Chucky are too stupid to hump a door knob. I don't know what that means, so I think I am stupid. Have a nice day Mr.Mam.
@@karan_rajput75 another person who thinks ridiculing those who are younger than them about things that they know nothing about instead of actually teaching them is gonna do anything other than waste everyones time
I am from the north-eastern part of India, and this loofah is very common in our region. The green ones are used as a vegetable, and the sun-dried ones are used as loofah.
There are two main development tranches of the Leopard 2. The first encompasses tanks produced up to the Leopard 2A4 standard and are characterised by their vertically faced turret armour. The second tranche, from Leopard 2A5 onwards, has an angled, arrow-shaped, turret appliqué armour, together with other improvements. The main armament of all Leopard 2 tanks is a smoothbore 120 mm cannon made by Rheinmetall. This is operated with a digital fire control system, laser rangefinder, and advanced night vision and sighting equipment. The tank is powered by a V12 twin-turbo diesel engine made by MTU Friedrichshafen. In the 1990s, the Leopard 2 was used by the German Army on peacekeeping operations in Kosovo. In the 2000s, Dutch, Danish and Canadian forces deployed their Leopard 2 tanks in the Afghanistan War as part of their contribution to the International Security Assistance Force. In the 2010s, Turkish Leopard 2 tanks saw action in Syria. In the 2020s, Leopard 2 tanks donated by European countries will likely see action in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
I love these things. Dated a Chinese girl and I would always wash the dishes when I ate with her family. They had one of these and after my first time washing dishes with it, I fell in love. They're so much more effective than the sponges I grew up with, and it's fun watching them "melt" when they get wet, only hard back into their original shape while drying. 10/10
This thing is quite common in Asian countries. We all used it as how you shown in the video but when the melon is still young, you can harvest it, stir fry it with butter, salt, pepper, garlic, ginger and a little optional chilli. Enjoy.
no, not really, that plant is a sponge, if he did have beef with sponges he wouldn't use luffa sponges anyway otherwise I'm considering this a joke, sometimes I have a hard time figuring out wether things are jokes or not so sorry
Loofah is actually a vegetable. You can cook any dish with it when its young it’s delicious. It’s similar to zucchini. Also you can use it as a scrubber. It has a lot of uses actually. A life saver👍🏻
I'm a Bengali Indian and my mom makes me use it everyday . It's called Dhundhul. We don't have plastic loofah here . We gotta use this to clean our body. When this fruit is young , it's edible too . An all purpose veggie.
In India and East Asia the immature Loofah is also used as a vegetable! Before it develops all the fibers, it's edible and has a pretty tender texture. It's called Ridgegourd or Chinese Okra in English.
Here in 🇺🇬 Uganda we split it open, soak and wash the sponge and then use both sides for the a good scrub. The softer it gets the better until it wears out completely.
It's really useful, but if any seed falls out, and it's a windy day, you're going to find yourself in midst of a jungle! I lived in Puerto Rico, and owned land, so I planted two seeds, and it took over everything! 🌹
Oh yeah I love eating young loofah. Mild flavor. It is very watery, so when cooking we don't add water at all. We call it sponge gourd because the mature fruit is used for cleaning.
people should be aware of this since it could be invasive in some areas. I’m working on some remediation projects and it’s so disheartening seeing people buy plants without doing extensive research on proper disposal and containment 😔
When the loofah is still young and not yet dried, we usually cook & eat it as a vegetable in the Philippines. We usually put it in soups or stews. We call it, "patola" in Filipino.
@Daddy I'd agree with you in any other instance, but this is just someone telling how they eat this plant in the philippines. Might as well shit on the other guy talking about living in puerto rico, as well.
@@spacedust95 Technically that's true for all nationalities though. Not all Americans live in the US, some move to Japan. Not all Swedes live in Sweden, some move to the US. I'm just saying generally speaking, Bengalis live in India.
@@Emil_Stoltz no not all of them. Almost 160 million bengalis lives in Bangladesh. It’s country literally named after the language. Kolkata has bengalis yes but if your talking about Bengalis then you have to talk about the nation of Bangladesh. Most of the westerners don’t even know Bangladesh is a country which is sad so I don’t blame you
Theres no way that the thing i use to clean me up is a plant and i never knew about it 💀 Here in Brazil, literaly every one i know uses this sponge in the shower
I use luffa sponges in the shower for decades and I love it 'cause it really clean your skin. I just think it's better to boil it for about 20-30 minutes before using for the first time because I felt itchy for a while after using it if I didn't. But I never imagined using luffa sponges for washing dishes before. Thanks for the idea!
@@erikperhs_Except the issue is that they never fully dry so have a habit of providing a lovely home for bacteria, then combined with abrading the skin can cause some fun infections, especially down below...
I’ve used these for months for cleaning dishes and they honestly made me use so much more soap, like triple the amount of soap I was using. So I just went back to regular sponge
@@adelawad1111 this only happens if you don't squeeze your sponge out thoroughly after use. can confirm as someone who does this that as long as I squeeze the sponge out, it won't stink
@@moonman2183yup all you have to do is squeeze it out properly after every use and it'll never smell. Also if you use regular soap instead of antibacterial soap you should probably use some antibacterial soap on it every once in a while and that'll definitely kill all the germs.
Also, loofah seeds are edible! So when you have excess seed from your annual harvest, you can put some to the side for planting and the others can be a snack!
I always feel horrible throwing out washing sponges and shower loofahs because of all the plastics. This is a great alternative! Though I live in northern europe so shipping them here just wouldn't be sustainable lol
Turkey has been devastated from earthquakes just recently. Please pray for the people left struggling, the death toll is huge because their buildings weren't built well enough. So many were trapped and unable to get out from the rubble. Turkey needs our support .
Well there is a different between the real luffa and the synthetic ones you see as a poof that are typically rainbow colored( also typically nylon or some material as such).
we have this in my home, it’s very useful but at first I was a bit afraid bc of how hard and spikey it was, but at last it was actually soft and pretty satisfying because of the sounds 😂.
I live in Missouri. Start my luffa early and plant when the soil is warm. Even if you don't care about the luffa, the blooms are amazing for pollinators! Give them something to climb. You're welcome.
@@muchadhuaboutnothing you will probably have a lot of volunteer melons. You can pull them once they start growing and put them in a compost pile if you have one.
@@lisasop2681 the soup taste good. I can't describe the taste but it's amazing with rice. Thichi maybe a local name,we call it "Bhol"(I am also from Assam)
In South India (Tamilnadu), we grew it in our home and ate as fresh vegetable. We don't usually let them dry. It's a seasonal vegetable and healthy too, so we mostly cooked it when its green vegetable.
In Taiwan, many people of the older generations actually prefered using these Luffa Sponges over regular sponges. They were so much more popular than regular sponges that we still refer to all sponges as "melon cloth (菜瓜布)" even when people hardly use Luffa sponges nowadays.
@@GhostOfarena in case you weren't aware, the function of the comment section is for people to comment their thoughts and ideas pertaining to the media in question. Nobody asked for your thoughts either, but here we are.
@@monko4738 no need to be sorry, that’s something you have to work out on your own. Putting that much trust into someone solely because you think they have a nice smile just shows how naive you are
I have planted loofah only once in my life, when I was a schoolboy. Only five seeds in humid black soil rich with chicken droppings (there was a coop on that spot for many years). It was unbelievable how large they grew, it was like Jack's bean... They took over a ten-meter high huge olive tree and then extended over to the balconies of our neighbours surrounding the garden (I asked them to throw ropes with hooks onto the tree). Eventually we collected more than a hundred huge loofahs, which the neighbourhood used maybe for ten years... It likes nitrogen rich soil, it likes humidity AND lots of sunlight...
When I was a kid we had a neighbor from Thailand (I think, I was pretty young) and she was the sweetest old lady ever. She would make these and give us some, and she often made food for us too. We were so sad when we had to move away.
@@Ourelleetsy we wanted to and we tried when we moved away, but she took the move personally. She got really mad at us (mainly my mom) and stopped talking to us all together. I wish I knew what she was up to.
I love how you're literally growing dish sponges LOL they are like 3$ on amazon just need alot of room as they grow tall and need sun but love this bro!
In India you will find it everywhere in mostly every shop. People use it daily to clean their feet and body. It keeps the body very nice and good. In my community we call it "chobra" at times.
Nowadays most folks know that luffa’s come from a plant. Well, when I was in grade school I’d tell my friends at school that they came from plants and they all thought I was crazy and stupid. I knew this bc my family and my grand parents always grew a very large garden. And we grew them to use. I’m fifty nine now and most people know where they come from. Or at least more people know about them than used to. Funny how things change. ❤️💜💚
I had no idea you could actually grow loofahs. This reminds me of this passage from Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy: "Arthur prodded the mattress nervously and then sat on it himself: in fact he had very little to be nervous about, because all mattresses grown in the swamps of Squornshellous Zeta are very thoroughly killed and dried before being put to service. Very few have ever come to life again"
I love my loofahs. I use them in the kitchen and I could easily get a whole year out of a half of a loofah. They don't get smelly. Throw them in the washing machine to clean them every once in a while and use them in the shower after they're softer.
@@Jake.tm_politicsas abouve as below. All chemicals are available, just because it's man made, doesn't mean it doesn't form in nature. What an ignorant statement lmao
As an Indian I can attest this is a good scrubber. Really mild on the skin. You can usually get this in Ayurvedic stores.
And in Hindi we call it *turai*
People buy this thing. Man i would have been a millionaire
And its very tasty .
We had tht guord in our back garden...
I have herpes. Mom alcoholic. Dad throws rocks at cats. Brother kills hamsters. Sister cuts dolls hair and glues it on her head. Cousin put legs around his head and walks on his hands. Uncle drinks booze with mom and they wrestle in mom and dad's room. Aunt chops off the chickens heads. I go to school and watch my friend Chucky fart on the teachers desk before class. Chucky pees his pants on purpose and pretends it's an accident. I started pooping pants and pretend it's an accident to be like Chucky. We laugh. Principle schulinger says me and Chucky are too stupid to hump a door knob. I don't know what that means, so I think I am stupid. Have a nice day Mr.Mam.
I had NO idea Luffa came from vine plants and weren't actual sponges
@@karan_rajput75 shut up boomer
🤣 wuttt but ik
@@karan_rajput75 another oldie who thinks they know everything
@@karan_rajput75 another person who thinks ridiculing those who are younger than them about things that they know nothing about instead of actually teaching them is gonna do anything other than waste everyones time
@@karan_rajput75 girl quiet
I am from the north-eastern part of India, and this loofah is very common in our region. The green ones are used as a vegetable, and the sun-dried ones are used as loofah.
True 🤣🤣🤣 it's everywhere for us. We even used to use a thick leaf forgot what it's called as soap
We still use it in Delhi,
Eating "Janhi " while watching this. Ha ha
Bro it grows almost everywhere in India
Exactly !! We have been using this as loofah for ages!
I'm convinced that all these diy, survival videos, camping videos constantly poping up on my feed are prepping us for the apocalypse.
would it be so much of an apocalypse if we all ended up living lives with less garbage?
@@rosemarymcbride3419if there’s an apocalypse that’s the last of our concerns also we would all be dead
i agree but most of the "survival base pool" are fake as they all use hardware and vehicles
😭
Probably not the apocalypse, but definitely an economic depression
So that's why nature is so clean they literally just grow their own cleaning supply.
@@Dont_click_this_profil3 bro stfu in trying to enjoy the video
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In the 1990s, the Leopard 2 was used by the German Army on peacekeeping operations in Kosovo. In the 2000s, Dutch, Danish and Canadian forces deployed their Leopard 2 tanks in the Afghanistan War as part of their contribution to the International Security Assistance Force. In the 2010s, Turkish Leopard 2 tanks saw action in Syria. In the 2020s, Leopard 2 tanks donated by European countries will likely see action in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
wdym nature is clean its literally 70% dirt, dust, fungi and moss
@@chathurasilva4996 funnily enough, it’s not dirty if it’s supposed to be there
@@Dont_click_this_profil3 okay, I won't click profile
I’m a marine biology grad student & I just found out that loofahs aren’t actually sponges. My life is a lie
Rigid gaurd
They grow from seeds they are a fruit
Everything You Know is a Lie by Lloyd Pye. Very good video !
Nooo
same i am shocked
I love these things. Dated a Chinese girl and I would always wash the dishes when I ate with her family. They had one of these and after my first time washing dishes with it, I fell in love. They're so much more effective than the sponges I grew up with, and it's fun watching them "melt" when they get wet, only hard back into their original shape while drying.
10/10
Ayo where the pause at
@@ryohhibikithe9thhokage532 LMFAO
Bruh same here 😂😂😂😂😂 it’s all the Chinese girls
I'm sold
When u ate her family?-
I totally remember my mom peeling my skin off with this bad boi.....I can never forget those old days.😂
This thing is quite common in Asian countries. We all used it as how you shown in the video but when the melon is still young, you can harvest it, stir fry it with butter, salt, pepper, garlic, ginger and a little optional chilli. Enjoy.
I actually prefer eating luffa rather than using it as sponge. It is soft and sweet after being cooked. In fact, it is one of my favorite vegetables.
And you dont need to wipe after
Mind blown 🤯😳 I would have never thought of eating loofah! (I also didn't know it was a fruit till this video lol) Learn something new everyday 😀
@@MiaMore. You don't nibble in the shower?
Which part of Asia?
That was interesting. If only I knew where to find these I’d try it out myself. Lol. Nice vid
We sell seeds on Etsy and have a full video on how to grow them on our channel 👍🏼
How cool
I found loofa seeds at rural king lol
Most drug stores sell these for using in the bath or shower. There's no reason why you couldn't use them to clean your dishes.
Meanwhile in Uganda, we just have them randomly growing on any tree you walk by.
Scrub Daddy have clearly seen this because they’ve just come out with a coconut fibre version
Scrub daddy will always be superior
Lol
It was always biodegradable too!
I said exact same thing
Oh yes😊
This is actually a really neat video!
There’s a few of those things in every house in Mexico, they’re great sponges for showering
Bro, I’m Mexican and I don’t know wtf is that thing
@@chelini2969 is a estropajo if you speak the language then you may have heard that word before with mom or abuelita
Are you from Southern or Northern Mexico?
@@mealycobra4254 I’m a proud Huasteco from SLP
I think you confuse them with the elotes bro 😭 (im jk, just kinds poking fun at how some people use the cob for... other cleaning)
In India we've been using this natural loofah since ages 😁
Mayb coconut loofah scrubber whtevr fr dish washer also ?
@@TinTin-ir8wx coconut loofah scrubber is still used to washing dishes
Thats Why u Guys always so smelly
Oh yes. 10 to 20 rs each. So cheap and natural.
in Bangladesh we have been doing it too since ages
As a Brazilian, it's an very good alternative for sponge
Edible?
Brazillian?
@@esobelisk3110 man, I have been reading this question for 5 minutes... I don't understand
@@esobelisk3110 yes?
@@esobelisk3110 really, WHT do you mean by this question?
Love love LOVE this guy! Adorable and informative! Can’t WAIT to harvest my loofahs!!
Bro has beef with sponges 💀
no, not really, that plant is a sponge, if he did have beef with sponges he wouldn't use luffa sponges anyway
otherwise I'm considering this a joke, sometimes I have a hard time figuring out wether things are jokes or not so sorry
The war has only just begun
@@OmniHaze4856 yes normal humans vs this human
@@eua4808 weirdo thing to say
SpongeBob better watch tf out
Loofah is actually a vegetable. You can cook any dish with it when its young it’s delicious. It’s similar to zucchini. Also you can use it as a scrubber. It has a lot of uses actually. A life saver👍🏻
Is it bitter in taste?
@@lovelymahapatra8425 nope, it is tasty, depends on when u are using it and how it is Cooked
"when its young its delicious"
-👴
@@hybrid9791 ohh
@@hybrid9791 😜😁😁😁
I'm a Bengali Indian and my mom makes me use it everyday . It's called Dhundhul. We don't have plastic loofah here . We gotta use this to clean our body. When this fruit is young , it's edible too . An all purpose veggie.
Same
Me too
❤️❤️
Same here.
We do use plastic loofah in West Bengal what are you on about
I've been using this since my childhood,and never thought that someone would make video of this thing..
I'm glad. Good video
in brazil we use this so much, pretty much any household has one of these, or had, doesn't matter how rich or poor
Mine never had
Faz anos q n vejo, direto tinha em terreno baldio/obra
@@lawrencebelousov754 Talvez fosse mais comum antigamente? Na minha casa nunca teve e creio que nem a casa de nenhum amigo
@@kauanthierry3737 eu ainda vejo por aí
Eu amo ♥️
Any type of sponge will smell if you let it fester. Loofah sponges are still susceptible to smelling badly.
I thi k thats the point him growing them endless free supply ig
@@pitviper-vp2vlnot really free it has its downsides
I never seen a loofa sponge smell badly, and I've been using it my whole life
@@marcusrodrigues516 you've never seen a loofa sponge smell bad
@@marcusrodrigues516 smelt*
In India and East Asia the immature Loofah is also used as a vegetable! Before it develops all the fibers, it's edible and has a pretty tender texture. It's called Ridgegourd or Chinese Okra in English.
Is bottlegourd the same vegetable?
@@samindr5703 not at all
Yeah
And very tasty vegetable.❤
نحن نأكل هذه الخضره عندما تكون صالحه للأكل قبل ان تجف وتصبح بهذا الشكل😬
Here in 🇺🇬 Uganda we split it open, soak and wash the sponge and then use both sides for the a good scrub. The softer it gets the better until it wears out completely.
It's really useful, but if any seed falls out, and it's a windy day, you're going to find yourself in midst of a jungle! I lived in Puerto Rico, and owned land, so I planted two seeds, and it took over everything! 🌹
They do grow crazy and probably even more in your climate!
You probably already know this but as a squash, you can eat them when they are very young.
Oh yeah I love eating young loofah. Mild flavor. It is very watery, so when cooking we don't add water at all. We call it sponge gourd because the mature fruit is used for cleaning.
people should be aware of this since it could be invasive in some areas. I’m working on some remediation projects and it’s so disheartening seeing people buy plants without doing extensive research on proper disposal and containment 😔
Whoopsie daisy lol. Good on u tho! Useful plant
When the loofah is still young and not yet dried, we usually cook & eat it as a vegetable in the Philippines. We usually put it in soups or stews. We call it, "patola" in Filipino.
Ohhh patola pala yan! The more you know!
I had no idea these were edible. Thank you for sharing!
Jusko! patola lang pala yun eh 🤣 makakagawa na rin ako ng patola sponge
@Daddy ????
@Daddy I'd agree with you in any other instance, but this is just someone telling how they eat this plant in the philippines. Might as well shit on the other guy talking about living in puerto rico, as well.
It used to grow wild in Lagos, Nigeria and I came to London, England to find out the cost...crazy!
We literally are blessed in Africa.
Same here in Brazil! I literally have these at home and some people don't even know they're organic
I got tons of it stocked 😂
Same here in India. Except we do use it but now Indians are going for plastic ones and cities like London and New York using organic. Irony
Right blessed in Africa I never heard anyone ever say that before 🤣
Do you know what else is blessed down in Africa? The rain. 😂
In Asia, we eat the young fruit... it's a vegetable & taste very good in clear soup
Or stir fry it with eggs!!
Yeah I'm Asian too. We eat this and also my grandma made sponges 😂 but not anymore
Sponges have always looked yummy to me. I’m glad that loofahs are edible
I bet it tastes horrible
@@TheDonWallziethey don't eat the sponges, idiot
I love how happy he looks when he smiles.
i’m bengali and my mum uses these all the time!! great at exfoliating the skin in the shower. highly recommend
I also.... Where are you from?
@@ariyanhossain7149 I mean, he's Bengali so probably India.
@@Emil_Stoltz Idk if your joking or not but bengalis don’t only live in India lol.
@@spacedust95 Technically that's true for all nationalities though. Not all Americans live in the US, some move to Japan. Not all Swedes live in Sweden, some move to the US. I'm just saying generally speaking, Bengalis live in India.
@@Emil_Stoltz no not all of them. Almost 160 million bengalis lives in Bangladesh. It’s country literally named after the language. Kolkata has bengalis yes but if your talking about Bengalis then you have to talk about the nation of Bangladesh. Most of the westerners don’t even know Bangladesh is a country which is sad so I don’t blame you
In India, we use that as scrubbers. It cleans our body.
In Egypt too 😊
@@SomeOne-ml1qx Thankyou for the information 🤍
Is that why you guys don’t use deodorant lol
👍 Yes.
That’s what he did too but you say it like yours holds more value
Love your vids 😊
In central Mexico, we soak the natural sponge in hot water before used it so we don’t hurt our skin when shower.
in first world country america we just use the hot water in the shower
@@SlickRickTPB and yo momma as a fleshtoy
@@SlickRickTPB lmao
@@SlickRickTPB imagine calling america a "First world country" 🤓
@@kLaus1997 It is. It fought against Russia.
Here in Brazil, in the rural areas, it is a very common bath sponge
Até nas cidades e comum
Vdd
Sou de SP, aqui é bem comum também!
verdade kkkkk 🇧🇷
And in Egypt too
Theres no way that the thing i use to clean me up is a plant and i never knew about it 💀
Here in Brazil, literaly every one i know uses this sponge in the shower
Sempre pensei que era um monte de palha numa coisa só ou sei lá KKKKK
@@KT-mb1jj tbm
Sempre soube pq colhemos no quintal pra usar kkkkkk
Most sponges are animals
In Egypt also
So sorry for your loss! That's real pain 😢
Wow it feels great to see this video because in Assam, northeast of India we Axomiya people traditionally used this as loofah from ages 😊
Well this is a common thing here in Manipur too
In west Bengal we also use this...
In Bengali we called it 'Jali '
how long do you use it before throwing it away? thanks.
My abuelita in Guatemala had loofah in the kitchen to scrub pots and in the shower to scrub your body. It was called Pashte. Everyone used it.
@@cgplays9 you just jealous
@@cgplays9 jealous that his grandma loves him and your does not love you
@@cgplays9 troll 🧌
@@cgplays9 You lived in Brazil, damn no wonder you're so pissed off at the world.
@@cgplays9 bro woke up and chose violence. and still managed to fail.
*The fact that most of Indian grannies used to tell us about the benefits of scrubbing our skin with loofahs instead of the plastic ones.*
You should make a video on the soap that looked really cool. Nice video 👍
I grew up in India and would see this grow all around. Never appreciated how wonderful these were. Thank you for posting about this. ❤
This is what we INDIANS do never appreciate our own lifestyle and culture untill a white man approved it.
Never saw one myself
@@jaysnehpandey7089 It grows uncontrollably in my state Kerala.
@@anusuraj4458exactly, and I've heard they're also made from coconut shells in the South.
We have them in Kenya too, and most of us use them to bath with......
I use luffa sponges in the shower for decades and I love it 'cause it really clean your skin. I just think it's better to boil it for about 20-30 minutes before using for the first time because I felt itchy for a while after using it if I didn't.
But I never imagined using luffa sponges for washing dishes before. Thanks for the idea!
Yeah, the first feel times it literally hurts the skin because of how hard it is 😂 I'm assuming you're Brazilian because of your name. Well, I am too!
You should boil them before and after each use also unless you enjoy bathing with nasty bacteria.
@@HughWoo That's too much. Humans aren't that fragile.
@@HughWoo germophobia is irrational for a reason, dude.
@@erikperhs_Except the issue is that they never fully dry so have a habit of providing a lovely home for bacteria, then combined with abrading the skin can cause some fun infections, especially down below...
In Trinidad, we call those "jingee", and it's cooked or dried for the sponge like material on the inside
Do you eat it?
@@lite5474 yes. I've had it steamed or curried.
@@availanila I'm confused?
It has a spongy like texture to it
I'm from northeastern part of India and we call them Jinga and we eat them as vegetable too
Great idea 👍💡👍😅
Thanks for posting this. I luv natural, sustainable products
facts
I’ve used these for months for cleaning dishes and they honestly made me use so much more soap, like triple the amount of soap I was using. So I just went back to regular sponge
I would never use the plastic sponge it gets stinky or full of organisms, green soap is perfect
I have the same problem! They grow in my garden so they're free and environmentally friendly yet they use so much soap. 😢
You can also use ash ( raakh ) its hygienic and environmental friendly and nowadays it's also sold online .....
@@adelawad1111 this only happens if you don't squeeze your sponge out thoroughly after use. can confirm as someone who does this that as long as I squeeze the sponge out, it won't stink
@@moonman2183yup all you have to do is squeeze it out properly after every use and it'll never smell. Also if you use regular soap instead of antibacterial soap you should probably use some antibacterial soap on it every once in a while and that'll definitely kill all the germs.
As a Indian i always clean my body ,dish etc with this and our Indian mom love it
what soap do you recommend me using for shower
what do we call it in Hindi ?
Right ......... natural and vry helpful.......we are indians .........❤
Also, loofah seeds are edible! So when you have excess seed from your annual harvest, you can put some to the side for planting and the others can be a snack!
Great to know!!
Are they tasty?
@@nancydrewsgardenyeah. They have a quite pleasant sweet smell and taste
So interesting! I never knew this!❤
I love the excitement on your face. It’s priceless. Getting my sponge now
You’re supposed to cut it in half horizontally then soak it to soften it before using it on skin. In Sudan we exclusively use this loofa to shower
I was thinking that his back was getting a bit too red in the shower XD
الاخو سوداني 🤣
It gets soft just after couple of use..or can soak in boiling water and you'll get that desirable one
Exactly
@@partikgurung5168 does it? For me they always harden after they dry and then they're soft when soaked again
It looks yummy I just want to eat it
I always feel horrible throwing out washing sponges and shower loofahs because of all the plastics. This is a great alternative! Though I live in northern europe so shipping them here just wouldn't be sustainable lol
They are popularly used everywhere in Syria and Lebanon. So maybe turkey has them. Lots of European people visit Turkey
Turkey has been devastated from earthquakes just recently. Please pray for the people left struggling, the death toll is huge because their buildings weren't built well enough. So many were trapped and unable to get out from the rubble.
Turkey needs our support .
dang i’m REALLY dumb 😂
i though luffa sponge was synthetic
i had NO clue that it literally grew like that 😂
Same here you’re not alone
Lol same. And I’ve only ever used them in the shower. Also, not sure why my mind didn’t make the dish connection haha.
Well there is a different between the real luffa and the synthetic ones you see as a poof that are typically rainbow colored( also typically nylon or some material as such).
we have this in my home, it’s very useful but at first I was a bit afraid bc of how hard and spikey it was, but at last it was actually soft and pretty satisfying because of the sounds 😂.
your smile looks really good :)
I am from India...
We use this natural body scruber from ages....
In West Bengal we called it 'Jali '
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It is natural and beautiful
Is it 'jhinge'
I live in Missouri. Start my luffa early and plant when the soil is warm. Even if you don't care about the luffa, the blooms are amazing for pollinators! Give them something to climb. You're welcome.
Agree to ALL of this 👍🏼
How early do you start yours? I'm in Indiana and always seem to start late🤦
@Hoosiermom41 early March late February when I start my tomatoes. They can't handle frost. Treat them like tomatoes.
@@muchadhuaboutnothing you will probably have a lot of volunteer melons. You can pull them once they start growing and put them in a compost pile if you have one.
I will never get rid of my scrub daddy or scrub mommy- they are an amazing brand that will clean anything(even crime scene cleaners use them)
Yes 💪
i never wanna forget the idea of some poor soul in a double homicide watching their crime scene get cleaned by a smiling sponge
@@brianisaway id reincarnate because i aint letting that shit slide
@@brianisaway they have frown faces too- mad mainly for that - kinda morbid- but still a billion dollar thing
Do what you want to do
I am an Indian and I live in Assam karbi anglong and in karbi we call it Thichi and we can make its dish when it is not ripe it's really healthy 😁😘
In Maharashtra we also eat this
is it a soup?? what does it taste like? thichi is its name?
I must eat other food than American food (fast food thats all we got 😂)
@@lisasop2681 the soup taste good. I can't describe the taste but it's amazing with rice. Thichi maybe a local name,we call it "Bhol"(I am also from Assam)
I enjoy the fact, a good amount of people are showing us how to grow and go. This truly is, the way.
In South India (Tamilnadu), we grew it in our home and ate as fresh vegetable. We don't usually let them dry. It's a seasonal vegetable and healthy too, so we mostly cooked it when its green vegetable.
Sent this to my wife who buys plastic rubs for the bath when she literally lives in Tamilnadu.
What’s it called in Tamil?
@@boomer_ancle noiceeeee
Hey yo in west bengal too.....🙂
@@sangeetat6848 peerkanga naaru (loofah made out of ridge gourd).
പോത്തങ്ങ ന്ന് ഞങ്ങൾ മലയാളികൾ പറയും.. കുട്ടിക്കാലത്ത് ഒരുപാട് ഇതുപയോഗിച്ച് കുളിച്ചിരുന്നു❤
In Taiwan, many people of the older generations actually prefered using these Luffa Sponges over regular sponges. They were so much more popular than regular sponges that we still refer to all sponges as "melon cloth (菜瓜布)" even when people hardly use Luffa sponges nowadays.
i've been using luffa sponges instead of buying plastic/silicone (shudder) ones, and i have never looked back. Best cleaning sponge ever
BRO DESTROYED SCRUB DADDY WITH A FRIKKIN PLANT 💀
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Doubt it works as well as them daddies
@@RamboOnYaMom hmm the hot watuh and cold watuh feature might not work in that :| BUT STILL IT"S GREAT CUZ IT"S FREE :) and natural
The Luffa and scub daddy war is starting now which is better
Biggest downfall of scrub daddy from I've seen is that they aren't very durable. So they just end up as more plastic trash.
My mom uses these cut into slices to put inside homemade soap like you showed. It's a built-in exfoliater, works great!
We didn’t ask Shannon
@@GhostOfarena in case you weren't aware, the function of the comment section is for people to comment their thoughts and ideas pertaining to the media in question. Nobody asked for your thoughts either, but here we are.
@@shannonrickard8605 aww Shannon mad .. and I still didn’t ask hun lmao
god i love his smile. there's a sort of purity and innocence to it, if this guy offered me free candy id take it in a heartbeat.
You’re strange.
@@Jc-ks5lx Sorry, I really don't mean it in a weird way. It's just a comforting smile :)
@@monko4738 no need to be sorry, that’s something you have to work out on your own. Putting that much trust into someone solely because you think they have a nice smile just shows how naive you are
I have planted loofah only once in my life, when I was a schoolboy. Only five seeds in humid black soil rich with chicken droppings (there was a coop on that spot for many years). It was unbelievable how large they grew, it was like Jack's bean... They took over a ten-meter high huge olive tree and then extended over to the balconies of our neighbours surrounding the garden (I asked them to throw ropes with hooks onto the tree). Eventually we collected more than a hundred huge loofahs, which the neighbourhood used maybe for ten years... It likes nitrogen rich soil, it likes humidity AND lots of sunlight...
Who knew?? Not i! How neat and interesting! ❤❤❤
When I was a kid we had a neighbor from Thailand (I think, I was pretty young) and she was the sweetest old lady ever. She would make these and give us some, and she often made food for us too. We were so sad when we had to move away.
Do you still keep in contact with her?
@@Ourelleetsy we wanted to and we tried when we moved away, but she took the move personally. She got really mad at us (mainly my mom) and stopped talking to us all together. I wish I knew what she was up to.
If you have horsetail fern where you are, you can dry them and bundle them into great scrub brushes. They have a very high silica content.
As a northeastern Indian, we've been using this since time immemorial. We also use the young green tender ones as vegetables. Tastes great.
All over the India it's being used
Bhol.
you can eat them? ... do they taste good? Should I invest in using them to sustain my hunger and hygiene?
I am from odisha and I am using it since my childhood
In Haiti also☺️
I love how you're literally growing dish sponges LOL they are like 3$ on amazon just need alot of room as they grow tall and need sun but love this bro!
In India you will find it everywhere in mostly every shop. People use it daily to clean their feet and body. It keeps the body very nice and good. In my community we call it "chobra" at times.
In Tamil we tell it as pikagga
In bangla We call 'ga dola '😁
In Bengali- choba
We called it " taroi booch". Chhattisgarhi India
In our locality we call it 'Jali '
Finally someone who collects them when they're ready !😁
Pro tip: If you keep your sponge clean it won't be smelly, even if it's "plastic" 👍
The more you know!
Exactly, and likewise if you don't keep your natural sponge clean it will also smell bad.
This sounds quite *SUS* for some reason 💀😭
I throw my sponges in the dishwasher to not only keep them clean and sterilized, but to prolong their usage as well!..
Pro tip: If you scroll down in the comments you're going to see more comments, even if you're on a "computer" 👍
The more you know!
@@ChadvillainHStaff21 not really
Nice short informative video. Thanks.
We call these silk gourds in China. They're sweet in flavor and silky in texture when green and soft. Very tasty.
I NEVER knew that they were the same plant! crazy
wow thanks for telling this.oh we will be panting again.
As a Mexican me and my family use them a lot to take a shower there really good,they clean your skin good and I would 100% recommend you to use it.😊😊
Como Mexicano, en mi puta vida había visto a alguien hacerse un sacate de una planta 😐
@@durak6265 haha de verdad 😂
I remember buying one of your soup loofas sadly I’m allergic some how but it works 😅😅
As a tribal from meghalaya, we have been using this since ancient times, for bath ofc, it's good 👍🏽
Wait how the heck are you commenting when your from a tribe
Green ones are cooked with fishes in our region. It tastes amazing! Give it a try !
We eat this as a vegetable before they dry out, it goes really well with thin rice noodles
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As an Indian I use this as a scrubber for skin while bathing
Ohh that’s why y’all stink because ur using these things 💀
South Indians have been using it since ancient times
Nothing wrong with scrub daddy 🗿
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I just brought two I thought they were really good
And the owner is so likeable😩😩😩
People will buy anything thats marketed to them 🤦🏽♀️
Crime scene cleaner had entered the chat
Nowadays most folks know that luffa’s come from a plant. Well, when I was in grade school I’d tell my friends at school that they came from plants and they all thought I was crazy and stupid. I knew this bc my family and my grand parents always grew a very large garden. And we grew them to use. I’m fifty nine now and most people know where they come from. Or at least more people know about them than used to. Funny how things change.
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I found out TODAY that they come from a plant! Wow, I’m really out of the loop
I never thought to use them on my dishes. I'm going to try this.
I've never used anything other than this ,it's biodegradable + a good exfoliator
I had no idea you could actually grow loofahs. This reminds me of this passage from Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy:
"Arthur prodded the mattress nervously and then sat on it himself: in fact he had very little to be nervous about, because all mattresses grown in the swamps of Squornshellous Zeta are very thoroughly killed and dried before being put to service. Very few have ever come to life again"
I love my loofahs. I use them in the kitchen and I could easily get a whole year out of a half of a loofah. They don't get smelly. Throw them in the washing machine to clean them every once in a while and use them in the shower after they're softer.
100% ! It is amazing how long they last
수세미는 ~ "천연 수세미"가 최고입니다 👍👏😄
Had it since three months but didn't know how to use it, Thank You So Much ☺️☺️
i’ve been using loofah in the shower since i was in high school. not only they are good for bathing, it can also exfoliate as well 😊
Can you pl tell me the shelf life of these ? How many times can we use before disposing?
man really dissed the scrub daddy... nothing compares to that gorgeous smile.
Loofahs are gross and always riddled with tons of bacteria. I’ll stick with my scrub daddy lol
Nature really does have everything
Yea it does!!
Chemicals are natural.
@@mercster some, not all.
@@Jake.tm_politicsas abouve as below. All chemicals are available, just because it's man made, doesn't mean it doesn't form in nature. What an ignorant statement lmao
😮😮❤❤wao
This is outstanding
Hey,we used to use it in EGYPT the same ways from decades 😂my father’s family in the countryside are farmers and traders in those stunning plants 😎😎😁😁