Beginner Gardening: Cucumber beetles lovin' on my plants!, 1 by Lily_love

Lily_love wrote:
hi emcars, here is the pic. of the luffa sponge I've mentioned in our Squash War thread. It's really handy, it's tough enough to get sticky stuff off our pots and pans, but gently enough it won't damage them.

I just simply left the over ripe fruit on the vine, take it down at the end of the growing season, let it air dry. Then peel off the out the skin, by then it will be brittle and easy to remove. I then will collect the seeds, though, I haven't tried to grow the home made seeds, I must have lost them some where.