Harvesting a walking stick with the cinci machax

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tobiism

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Living in Arizona we have a lot of Yucca and Aloe vera plants. The stalks that grow out of them make excellent walking sticks once they've dried out. Today as I was leaving a job I saw a very tall stalk that looked ripe for harvesting.
Short and boring, but it was a fun break from work.
[video=youtube;CWdM4klLhnI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWdM4klLhnI[/video]
 
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tobiism said:
Living in Arizona we have a lot of Yucca and Aloe vera plants. The stalks that grow out of them make excellent walking sticks once they've dried out. Today as I was leaving a job I saw a very tall stalk that looked ripe for harvesting.
Short and boring, but it was a fun break from work.
[video=youtube;CWdM4klLhnI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWdM4klLhnI[/video]
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make for me this video viewable or else soon. you got me capiche do not tease the yucca stalk :D
 
Nice.

I made one a few years back out of a thick piece of bamboo, and coated it with some marine epoxy, it turned out awesome but I left it in GA when we moved. Got another in progress right now, I'll post some pics if anyone cares to see it.
 
I didn't know that about yucca. Been here 16yrs and there's several wild ones growing around here. I'm gonna harvest them for sure. Is there any time better than another to get them?
 
NCSlice said:
I didn't know that about yucca. Been here 16yrs and there's several wild ones growing around here. I'm gonna harvest them for sure. Is there any time better than another to get them?
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They only grow out at certain times of the year, so when you see them, grab them! You just have to dry them out.
 
OK cool and thanks. I'll wait until after they bloom. They look really cool standing tall at the edge of the woods. I'll snap a pic in a bit.
 
A little too small I guess. I'll still harvest eventually. The flowers are wilting so dunno if it'll grow much more but I'll wait it out and see




In the mean time I'll keep my eyes out for others. They're allover around here.
 
Well I can officially say that this has made me even more anxious as I wait for my bk4 to get here (along with the bk5 and bk15 that are in the box haha)
 
NCSlice said:
A little too small I guess. I'll still harvest eventually. The flowers are wilting so dunno if it'll grow much more but I'll wait it out and see



In the mean time I'll keep my eyes out for others. They're allover around here.
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Yup that ones a bit tiny. They will shrink a bit as they dry out.
 
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