Squash Gourd Ornamental Luffa
Grow your own bath sponges.
Grow these squash for its fibrous flesh and when dried, you’ll have the best bath sponges ever! Harvest at 2″ long for delectable baby vegetables or up to 7″ long for drying into sponges. Needs at least 90 days to harvest for sponges. North of zone 6, start seeds indoors. Vines spread 12′.