The hechima gourd or loofah is a fun and easy to grow vine in warm climates. I never was successful with them years ago in Seattle but maybe these days, with the warming climate, anything is possible! They grow well here but with our cool, rainy spring, they were off to a slow start and I don't have many gourds on the vines.
You can barely see what looks like a big fat cucumber there in the photo. Once it yellows, I will pick it and dry it and have a nice new bath sponge. If you pick the gourds when they are immature, very small, you can eat them but we have plenty of other things to eat when they are young, so I skip that.
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