Luffa was planted in Tomb-Sweeping Day before and after. Choose sandy loam with deep and rich soil layer. Excellent varieties are the premise of high yield. Apply plantar fertilizer before planting. Soak the seeds in my warm water of 40 to 50 for 24 hours. Then remove and drain. Wrap with wet cloth to accelerate germination. Luffa is one of the characteristic vegetables in southern China, and its cultivation history is over 100 years. The fruit is rod-shaped with obvious edges and corners. According to the fruit characteristics, it can be divided into two categories: there are two kinds of horned loofah: one is dark turquoise and the other is light green. Light green loofah is sweeter. There are also two kinds of loofah without edges and corners, one is slender and the other is short and bulky.
The most common practice is to make soup with eggs or lean meat. In Hunan, almost every household has the habit of drinking loofah and egg soup in summer. After the elders of the octagonal melon, rub off the melon seeds inside and take them out. The meat quality of rowed loofah is harder than that of non-rowed loofah, and its taste is tighter and sweeter. Usually, when cooking, the skin of sponge gourd can be removed, while the skin of sponge gourd is rough and needs to be peeled to eat the pulp inside.
Luffa has many functions: 1. Moisturizing and whitening: protect skin, eliminate plaque and prevent skin aging. It is a rare beauty product for delicate skin. The juice of loofah vine and stem has a special function of keeping skin elastic. Can beauty wrinkle, angular loofah should be harvested in time, otherwise it is easy to get old. Generally, the female flowers can be harvested in 10 day, and several loofahs planted in the small yard can be harvested once a day, and there will be a dormant period of about ten days in the high temperature season in the middle and late July.