{"id":444,"date":"2021-01-02T21:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T04:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scenicpixels.com\/?p=444"},"modified":"2021-01-02T21:10:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T04:10:27","slug":"ridge-gourd-sapling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/horticulture\/ridge-gourd-sapling\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) sapling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) sapling<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cz63Cr1vS2Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-445\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-445 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scenicpixels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ridge-gourd-sapling-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) sapling\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/horticulture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ridge-gourd-sapling-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/horticulture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ridge-gourd-sapling-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/horticulture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ridge-gourd-sapling-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/horticulture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ridge-gourd-sapling.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) sapling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) sapling, just a couple of days old. Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) is grown for its unripe fruits which is used as a vegetable. It is a tasty vegetable.<\/p>\n<p>Mature fruits have plenty of fibers and can be used as a natural cleaning sponge in the kitchen. It was also used as a body scrub for bath. This is after processing to remove everything except the network of xylem fibers. If the fruit is allowed to remain on the vine after maturing, the outer covering falls off. The seeds inside can be shaken off and you get an excellent natural scrub or sponge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) sapling Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) sapling, just a couple of days old. Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) is grown for its unripe fruits which is used as a vegetable. It is a tasty vegetable. Mature fruits have plenty of fibers and can be used as a natural cleaning sponge in the kitchen. 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