Grow your own bath sponge! Luffa gourds are the familiar bath sponge. Growing your own will keep you entertained all growing season and are great fun for a long time after they are harvested. Peel ...

Shaped like an oversized apple, these hard-shelled gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) grow six to eight inches tall and four to six inches across. In India, young fruit is added to curries. The skin is ...

This cooking tutorial explains how to prepare Patola clam soup using fresh clams and sponge gourd in a light broth. The ...

I usually start my sponge gourd seeds indoors during the last week of April and move them to a heated cold frame in mid-May. (I heat my cold frame with a 100-watt light bulb, but recently learned ...

Scientists have developed a unique sponge gourd variety, VRSG-7-17, that naturally smells like Basmati rice. This aromatic trait, identified at ICAR-IIVR Varanasi, is due to a stabilized recessive ...