Acorn Caps, Weed roots, and Leaves: alternatives to tree bark for tannin...
I'm living among a bunch of oaks these days. I thought before I start experimenting with oak bark from the landscaping shops (or calling lumber mills), has anyone made leather from acorn tops? I have...
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I'm also curious if folks have tried growing Tanner's Dock (Rumex hymensoephalus) outside of the desert?
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I found this on growing Tanner's Dock outside of Arizona and California. http://archive.org/stream/canaigreortan1051055hilg/canaigreortan1051055hilg_djvu.txt "Propagation. — The easiest way to obtain...
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tanners dock....HmmmMM........I read some where ..and Ive been trying to find out which book I read it in .......fairly recently that regular old sour dock .....like what grows around all over the...
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I think you're right Quills. However Yellow/sour dock though has 70,000 ppm tannin vs. 350,000 ppm million for Tanner's dock. (Source: http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/highchem.html [enter "tannin" in...
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checking that data base ..using common privet bark, honeysuckle and sumac leaves gives the most ppm of tannin .way higher than oak bark etc. Quills
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