This stage begins from the middle of April every year. As, Loofah is a climbing plant, and so farmers make brambles of wood in order to let loofah plants climb them.
At this stage, farmers start to crop loofah plants at the beginning of September till the end of January (cropping season).
At this stage, farmers put loofah plants in big tubs which are full of water, and that happens for 3 days in summer and 7 days in winter or autumn, as water help in completing the maturing process (Formulation of loofah fabric).