How To Grow Luffa from START to FINISH - Grow your own Loofah Sponges!
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Did you know you can grow luffa (loofah) sponges at home in your garden?! Join me to grow them from seed to harvest!
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Luffa's grow on an annual climbing vine and not only can you make amazing natural sponges out of the mature fruits, you can even eat them like a vegetable before they're mature!
The sponges are incredibly versatile and can be used in so many ways, from in the kitchen to the shower and you can even make them into amazing exfoliating luffa soap among other creative things!
Join me to explore how to grow luffas from start to finish, with growing tips and ideas along the way to help you have success with growing your own luffas and making the most out of them!
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Hi, I'm Kalem, and this channel features all sorts of unusual and exotic fruiting plants with tips of how to successfully grow them. I'm interested in all things gardening and love growing my own food and all types of edible plants.
I live on a 2 acre piece of land in New Zealand where we are turning a grass paddock into and abundant, edible paradise and food forest! So come along on this journey with me as I experiment with growing, and try to push the limits of what I can grow. I'll share with you my successes and failures so hopefully you'll learn from them and have a go yourself! Come learn with me and Subscribe to join this awesome community :)
0:00 Intro
0:16 What is a luffa?
0:47 Starting luffa seeds
1:24 Seedlings growing
1:54 How to plant luffa seedlings / growing requirements
2:56 Luffa flowers - male and female - pollination
4.02 Luffa fruits forming and they're edible
4:43 Cooking with Luffa - Indian spiced luffa
6:09 When to harvest luffa for sponges
7:18 Harvesting luffas and issues with short season
7:51 Processing luffa for sponges
10:06 Different ways to use luffa sponges
10:38 Together we can make a difference
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-Kalem
I clicked for the shower scene.
This guy knows what he's doing
Too short. It would have not hurt to pan the camera down a little more. I wonder how do you call a blonde bear?
agreed
@@geekbaritone I'll take what I can get. This is UA-cam, not OnlyFans.
Came here to say that
Predictable.
The kiwi grower and shower (im so sorry). XD
The carrot caught me way off guard! 😂 If it were possible, I'd love to see a gardening themed comedian, but I feel garden puns might have a limited audience.
@@erukasevenI second this lol
The gardening jokes would fall on deaf ears 🌽
Lmao this totally confused me because I read "shower"🚿 and not "show"er👀
@@damackay75 The jokes might be too corny for some.
I know this episode was all about luffahs, but the award for the best cameo appearance goes to the carrot. It deserves an Emmy. 😂
clicked for the shower, stayed for learning loofas come from the garden!! very cool
For the non-gardening fans... second shower scene is at 10:16 😛
That's exactly what I was here for! This scene even better!
I see you know your audience well lol
Came for the shower stayed for the grower! ❤️💪🏼😎👍🏼❤️
Haha bro, first naked gardening day, now this 😆 always entertaining 👌💚
Agreed, very entertaining. There was at least one other from memory. Cheeky but wholesome fun lol.
This video has something for everyone!
Oooo the shower scene!! 🥵😝
He is attractive on the inside as well as the outside!
@@kelvin1316 SUS
I’ve been subscribed to this channel for almost 10 years waiting for this precise moment. Patience pays off.
You definitely know how to read the room. Well done 😊
Lovely fur !
These really should be a part of every homestead! They're perfect because you can eat them, use them dried for many things and sell/trade the dried sponges!
In Brazil, it is. You can find it everywhere, growing in walls in the countryside. It is very well-known for everyone in the skin care world how good it is to exfoliate the skin.
The loofah or the host? 😮
We have it here in India and doing this for generations
Yeah, people will want you to link your OF account after that intro
Came here to say just that very thing. I want a lesson on the carrot
Yeah, his OF-
Onlyloo
Fahs
the carrot tho..... looooool ;)
What a stud. Love all that ginger fur ❤
Best opening to one of your videos ever! 10 out of 10! :-D
Now this is what needs to be taught in school.
Dam Dam Dam Does this mean I have to give them another go even though in my heart of hearts I know I don't have the climate for them.
Champion video. Got to love that Kiwi humor.
He knows what some of those extra views are.
The Kiwi grower is a stunning man.... happily straight with a partner but OMG seeing his beautiful hairy chest in the shower and being cheeky with a carrot? Loving this...
I’m totally amazed by this - I absolutely thought they came from the sea!
Thank you, Algorithm 😂❤
*Takes up gardening immediately*
We need a longer shower scene
Fascinating plant. Thank you for taking an entire season to put this content together.
Hilarious first minute! You're such a natural guy, love it 😀
I'm convinced I need to grow these for food. I've seen a few videos suggesting them for my area because its hot and humid and other squash doesn't do so well. I didn't realize they were so easy to process into a sponge either, pretty useful plant.
Omg your best intro ever! 😍😍😍😍
For years I thought it was from the ocean, but I have a plant growing now. It’s one of the most difficult squash to grow, trimming the seed shell helps it with spouting
We're not here for the gardening and he knows it.
What a catch!
Thank you for this video. I planted luffa several years ago and reached the stage of cleaning. It was disastrous. I learned from you how to remove the dandruff and clean it. I am grateful to you my friend
Just a tip for these. If you sand off a section of the seed hull or use a nail clipper to puncture the hull, they will germinate quicker.
This brings back some great memories! When I was growing up my grandmother grew luffas up and along an old south facing wood post fence from the 1950s (we live above the equator) on the border of her vegetable garden alongside the green beans growing up wood tripods. Morning glory flowers grew along the fence too and it was always my favourite part of the garden.
I did not expect to be learning about Loofa tonight 😂😂😂 so cool. I love Loofa!. I will have to try and find some seed.
Fun fact you can peel off the skin and stew it with masala and eggplant and mint until the water it gone and it’s a nice chutney. You can also dice the meat and stir fry it with chili’s garlic and mustard seed. Also you can deep fry the seeds.
My grandma used to make this for dishwashing! But I’ve never known how to exactly make one, thanks for the video! Also luffa tastes pretty good in stir fry or soup.
bro's music choice is all over the place, one moment it's a suspenseful horror theme then next it's a travel vlog soundtrack XD never change!
😂😂
Man that's amazing for many years I showered using those vegetable lufas and never actually got to see how the process to plant and grow them.
Best intro ever! Will give them a go next year!
What a fantastic idea! Thanks a lot for another special video :)
Glad you liked it!
Such a coincidence, I was just googling luffa the other day and hoping I could find somewhere nearby to buy it. Might give growing them a go myself now! Not sure there was enough detail on how to use the luffa in the shower though, might need a part two on that 😂 😂 😂
Wow! Would love to grow these but our seasons are really short with very unpredictable summers. 😢. Thanks for the video! 👍🏻
I use the Tarpon sponge…never knew you could get one from a plant. Amazing!
Really cool video, as always! Keep up the great work!
I respect a man with a hairy chest like myself.
It's gettin steamy in here...
Yep
As a woman, I think men in this world should be reminded that some women like chest hair. I only like men with natural exclusively
So frustrating men who have amazing body hair but remove it!
Yeah, but are you doing shirtless vids...? Asking for a friend.
OMG FINALLY I GET CONFIRMATION THAT YOU'RE FIT AF
I never thought of actually eating this 🤔. Your dish looked 🔥
Amazing video Kalem. Love what you're doing with your garden. It's really inspiring
I always enjoy the gardening content. The shower scene was a nice bonus.
Thank you for this video. It is really good.🙂
Could you do more episodes in the shower? (Asking for a friend. 🤔)
😂
Great video as always - enjoyed your sense of humor. Could you do a video on how you made those soaps? That looked very interesting, and I'd love to know how you did that.
Will do a short video on it :)
@@TheKiwiGrower Thanks - just watched it. It this type of content that makes your channel unique and interesting. Looking forward to see what you post next.
I've got some seeds to grow next spring. Love your deep dives, thanks Kalem!
My friend just gave me a loofah plant so I'm ready to learn
Hi! I really didn't know you could eat this thing, I've always assumed it was sold just as a sponge... Or maybe, that's what there is around...I'll need to check. But I've found later some Italian recipes (I'll be in Italy for the 11th time in a few weeks) using loofah the same way as a zucchini, and stuffed looks good. And thanks for the video, and the fun!
We grew these on our farm in Mississippi, USA before they became so popular. People were fascinated when we showed them how they were natural scrubbers. Ours grew to be considerably larger than the ones in this video. We have very long, hot and humid summers in Mississippi.
Daaamn... more of this please haha 🤣
A carrot... 😉😂😂😂
Best Loofah video EVER!!!
Amazing! Thank you Kiwi Grower!!
3:48, nice icons
These are my go to for showering forget those microplastic spreading loofas
He knows how to make the perfect size hole. Now summer is on the way save the laundry bill with your top off in the garden is always a great idea. Great video keep it up.
a carrot? seriously- I love this guy!!!!
Shower scene caught me off guard. But great, informative video. Thank you for your time and education.
I just tried to introduce my son to your channel, he already follows you.
Wow! Great video. Also I have never seen the process of Loofa sponges before. That
is really interesting.
Jeff
Looking good The sponges too
Nicely done!
This thumbnail was so clickbaity and I loved it and I’m not sorry about it 😍
Love your work and your lifestyle 💙
Sweet! Was considering growing it! Now i'm gonna have an idea how and what.
Fantastic and thoroughly interesting video. Thanks for sharing!
7: 01 Bitter Gourd is good for lowest blood sugar level. you can pick up when it green just slice it smaller then you need to soak with salt for a while to reduce it bitter taste, then you can add minced garlic, onion, a little bit chilly in a bit of oil, 1 - 2 eggs and fried/saute all of them. this is best medicinal property dish that you can eat with rice.
I literally said "that's awesome" when you showed the luffa after peeling the skin and you said it yourself! Really cool.
FASCINATING 😇👍🏾
❤😎 Thank you! Greetings from Germany! 😊
I definitely want to hang out with "intrusive thoughts Kalem" sometime 😝
Good idea 👍
Lol as a tourist I was told in Tunisia its the sea-cucumber xD
Althou it's a bit harsh for our skin (hands should be enough), sometime, in the future, I will grow enough to use year round in the kitchen dishwashing 😌 until I use the one piece I managed to grow on festive days xD
Cool! Thanks!
Awesome vlog thank you. Ive been wanting to grow Luffa for a while and just havent gotten around to it. So it will be on my list for this season. I love the fact your using them in your soap, that I will definitely try in my soap. Hope you havent had too many hard frosts up there. Our place has been hit hard, all our citrus are triple frost netted each night. but the silver lining is lots of fruit for this coming season. :)
Your videos turn more and more entertaining with every new one :D
Thank you, brother, thank you.
enjoyed watching . love from india
This vegetable is called ridged gourd in English and we have this quite common in India and we have this vegetable quite commonly in India...also we have been making loofah out of this vegetable for generations...its just now that the west is catching upto this Indian thing
I usually raise luffa for eating, and I find that the ridged luffa rather than the smooth luffa shown in the video, are best for culinary use.The smooth ones seem better for sponges. I usually harvest them not much longer than 8 inches for peak flavor and texture. One thing I have noticed about luffa is that they are day-length sensitive - they will not set fruit here in Central Virginia (Approximately 37.5º North latitude) when the daylight hours are long, They bloom like mad, but no fruit. I haven't done any studies, but here they do not seem to begin to set fruit til late July - early l August or so, which cuts down on the time they have to mature to a sponge producing stage, though usually at least some will mature. (Our frost comes in towards the first couple weeks in November. If they can be started enough ahead to be flowering in May, which is a trick, since April is sometimes a bit chilly, they will make an early fruit set which has plenty of time to mature. (Then nothing more till later in the summer.) Our summers here are pretty much tropical for 3 to 4 months, which luffa seems to appreciate. In my garden the vines easily get to 20 to 30 feet long (6 to 9 meters) and branch vigorously. They show every inclination to want to take over the universe, so a sturdy trellis and plenty pf room are good.
Yeah it's really cool to see that you can just take the fruit as is and have got yourself a nice sponge already. In colder climates you might just grow them in an ordinary backyard greenhouse. That extends your season by about two months already and should hopefully give enough time for the fruit to mature. From the short clip of your chickens I wondered if there were breeds that were developed in New Zealand? You're looking super fit as well, nice work! Cheers from Germany, where the summer isn't really sure if it would'nt rather be winter...
This is a very common vege we eat in China, pick it at the right time, they can be really sweet, good for stir fry, when it ages and become tough, it's common that we use it like sponge as you do
I've been using luffa sponge for years, it is really good for the skin.❤👍. Tks for sharing, i think i should try to grow them at the backyard . It is not easy to find loffa, the price is getting up.
🚿🧼 Do you have a video on how to make homemade soaps? This video on Loofah is Fantastic!
use it like okra for stir fries and soups. It is can be slimy, but the flavor is like a squash so it will take on the flavors around it.
I've never grown any of those I will have to grow some next year. Thanks
If this is turning into an OF channel I’m not mad about it 😂
I didn’t know these were from a plant! Tbh I never thought about it, but probably would have guessed they were from the sea or something.
Great video💪😁
WOOF!!
SRI Lankan calling it wetakolu,This vegetable is very beneficial for stomach ailments