I’ve been meaning to play around with some plants to see if they are viable for making cordage. YCC’s Yucca tutorial motivated me to try one today. Thanks YCC. One plant that I wanted to try is the Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus). Every spring I cut this bush back so that it is about 4” – 6” tall. As you can see from the pictures, it is a fast grower.
Here is what the plant looked like toward the end of summer.
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Here is what it looks like today.
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The outer bark scraped off very easily. I used the back edge of a pocket knife, but could have used finger nails.
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The inner bark peeled away very easily.
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I used a knife at a 90 degree angle to scrape away the “pulp”.
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The final product.
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