{"id":940,"date":"2019-05-13T23:04:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T06:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorennason-dot-com.crwcun8-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=940"},"modified":"2019-05-13T23:04:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T06:04:06","slug":"do-you-know-where-loofa-luffa-comes-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/2019\/05\/do-you-know-where-loofa-luffa-comes-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know where Loofa (Luffa) comes from?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hell yeah I do. It comes from the ocean!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Oh, I was wrong. \ud83d\ude41<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Loofa is in the same family as the cucumber. It grows on a vine.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Grow LOOFAH (Luffa) for Sponges | Late Bloomer | Episode 15\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RZvOKgsPUrs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So I googled &#8220;growing loofa for profit&#8221; and I found this from North Carolina State University (the state i&#8217;m moving to)<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/content.ces.ncsu.edu\/commercial-luffa-sponge-gourd-production\">Commercial Luffa Sponge Gourd Production<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>No, i&#8217;m going to grown Loofa \/ Luffa for fun and profit. But it is very interesting to learn the fact of where it comes from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hell yeah I do. It comes from the ocean! Oh, I was wrong. \ud83d\ude41 Loofa is in the same family as the cucumber. It grows on a vine. 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