How To Dry Green Loofah. Once harvested its time to peel off your loofahs outer skin. Remove the loofahs from the water bath and spray them down with a high pressure hose.
You can still pick them when theyre green and get perfectly acceptable Luffas. Carefully melt glycerin chunks in a glass measuring cup in your microwave or low heat on the stovetop in a coated pan approx. If you had to pick your loofahs early spray them well with a hose and let them dry.
Botanical Name Luffa aegyptiaca Luffa.
40-60 seconds depending on the amount you are melting. Peel Away the Squash Skin. Once the luffa are completely dry to the touch theyre ready to be stored or used. Take the left side of the cloth and fold it in half along the diagonal forming a tube.