I have no experience producing luffas, but for many of the wet-seeded
vegetables, the seeds are cleaned and recovered by retting, letting the
fruit soak and ferment to free the seeds from pectic materials. Some
fiber crops such as flax are also retted, to help separate the fiber
from the soft parts. Could luffa fiber be recovered by retting to avoid
the drying and peeling steps?
Dale
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