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Cob hemp in cob

Don Stephens dsteph at tincan.tincan.org
Thu Jun 18 11:59:46 CDT 1998


On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Jack C. Thompson wrote:

> >How about Knapweed, Dalmation Toadflax, in cob or Fiberous cement!?!
 
> I'm not familiar with the plants you mention, but in general, once the
> non-fibrous material has been taken away by retting or by chemical
> processes there ain't much left. Unless there was a lot of non-fibrous
> material there to begin with.  So, with hemp, flax, straw, there is a
> lot of chaff/hurd material to work with....Jack

If you'll give me feedback, I'd be glad to send you samples of thes and
other likely canidates this fall (sans seeds of course - don't want these
pesky imorts spreading any faster than they already are!...Don