Brightly coloured, synthetic bath buffs and kitchen scrubbers are a familiar sight, but growing your own natural sponges ... long time for luffa plants to grow and for the fruit to ripen. If you plant ...

Janice Cox claims ‘luffa seeds do best when sowed directly’ into the garden in late spring ... Growing luffa is an increasingly-popular way to produce your own sustainable, natural sponges in your ...

Luffa gourds are grown predominantly to be natural and sustainable sponges, however, the young fruits can also be harvested ...