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rose shoot arrows.. finished arrows!!
lowell:
I don't know either. ???
My wife dosen't have roses..... and that's probably a good thing!! >:D or I'd be in trouble with her!!
Have trimmed some of her plants thinking they were a type of viburnum?? Still like the rose best from what I have found around here.
Pat B:
I think most any rose will work. Pat
napper:
Pat B do you lose much to checking by taking the bark off early I lose a lot to checking so now live the bark on till they are dry and still lose some. I have switched to Hazel nut shoots now I like them better seam to be easyer to straiten then Rose Tom
Pat B:
I don't use rose much but do know they will check terribly if debarked too soon. When I did cut rose I usually try to get shoots 3' or more long, de-thorn them and wrap the bundles with twine. After a month or 2 is when I would start debarking a few at a time to be sure they were dry enough. This time of year it, as dry as it is, it doesn't take long for them to check.
I use sourwood shoots or cane for arrows now. With sourwood, I can scrape the bark anytime and they usually won't check. Viburnum will check but makes good arrows. I have an abo arrow I made that has checks all along the shaft but they have no ill effects on the arrows flight. Pat
ps. Mickey Lotz(the Ferret) has some info about rose arrows on his site I think. Maybe even Jawge.
madcrow:
I want to add to Hillbillys rubberband idea. My dad make these 1/25 scale (roughly) log houses. Most of the saplings he cuts are 3/8" or a little bigger. He puts the bundle around an old mop handle and uses the big rubberbands. He puts the bands over the high spots or bends and works his way to the ends. He says that helps straighten them out because the bands will push them down to the mop handle.
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