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Milkweed question???
jamie:
just like hillbilly said. to remove the chaff from a green plant let it dry then use a knife or sharp rock, my favorite, and lightly scrape the chaff off before removing the fibers from the pith. you can also rett it but it takes time. the fibers are more than strong enough this time of year as the growing season is over and now its time for seed prduction. i made 6 dogbane strings in the last couple weeks. definetly work outdoors or with a fan blowing if the is no wind. all the chaff i scraped off created some serious dust and i started feeling like crap. the milkweed wont get ya sick like dogbane will but its still not cool to breathe in latex dust either.
DanaM:
Thanks jamie, think I will wait another week or two, our milkweed is still blooming.
Pat B:
If anyone comes across some ripe milkweed seed pods I'd be interested in some for wind indicators while hunting. ;) Pat
DanaM:
Pat remind me in about a month and I will send ya some ok :)
sailordad:
milkweed
you mean the plant with the big green stalks,large seed pods,kind of silky type seeds and white sticky milky sap?
if thats it, i know where thare are literaly hundreds growing, 3-4 ft tall atleast
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