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Peel the skin off the outside and harvest the seeds. Then let them dry out a bit or rinse the sap out of them and let them dry.

You can store them for years as long as they are clean and dry. Use luffas in the bath, kitchen, or outside even to wash your car. Whatever you need a scrubbie for, luffas will do the job.

Each sponge lasts for months if you keep it dry between uses. I hang mine up in the bathtub and the kitchen by running a shoe lace through the middle and hanging them after each use to dry. For more information, check out Little Sprouts Learning.