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Growing flax
willie:
I researched the values for stiffness on fibers once. can't find the data now, but I do remember there was a lot of variation in reported values. being that plants are harvested at different stages of their growth cycle, that would seem to make sense. Harvesting for max MOE may not be a high yeild, but its what one wants for the best bowstring. I honestly don't think that I ever found data the isolated best moe possible, and some data was from fiber used in matrixes and some from fiber spun into various products which introduce more variables.
you should just scout around for nettles, there are lots of patches out there already. If I remember correctly nettle is more work to process than others, or maybe lower yields compared to others. ramie is a domesticated fiber plant related to nettle, if you want to plant seed.
Zuma:
What a really cool thread. You guys are tops.
I think you know James Parker. Well Rebecca his wife made nettle soup
for us along the banks of the New River ( Blue Ridge Mts.) Wonderful.
So I know James knows nettles. Me I know they taste good. Also a health food lady
I once knew made expensive tea from nettles.
Zuma
Hawkdancer:
My source said " Very interesting!", but isn't sure their (hemp) plants are tall enough, but the fibers are tough. I did ask him how tall they grew and that the fibers would be "spun" similar to making thread, then strings. There are several sites listing hemp fibers, both raw and processed. Prices seemed reasonable enough.
Hawkdancer
gfugal:
willie:
cheap enough, you might buy a little now just to see if it germinates well.
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