I admit I was a loofah sponge hoarder until I heard how gross they can actually get. It's okay though, I've moved on. Now I'm more of a silicone scrubber gal and there's no way I'm going back. Maybe ...

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THEY’RE best known as back scrubbers, for use in the bath or shower, but loofahs are also tipped to be among the must-have plants to grow this year, in an effort to help ditch unnecessary plastic.

Did you know that the word ‘loofah’ comes from the luffa plant? It's a gourd in the cucumber family that, when dried out, was the original shower scrubber. In other words, your loofah started out ...