Video of me bring the fire I started with the milkweed to something that did not need constant attention: As mentioned in the video these observations about milkweed came from a friend of mine and me just playing around with how flammable things were. The observation that it could be lit from a spark occurred after the lighter we were using ran out of fuel and we did not want to go back inside to get another one (even though it would have only taken a minute, it was fun to experiment). We then proceeded to use that to test out the flammability of other things using the milkweed as a flame. One other result I remember (those initial tests with my friend were many years ago so I only remember what really stood out) is that we also tried the fluff from cattails. We could only get that to burn when is was a very narrow density range and from flame and then it burned so fast you could never get anything to light from it. We also found that the cattail stalks, even when looking brown and dry, would not sustain flame, though they would char quite significantly.
The fires that I built up were not pre-planned, they were just using the grass, leaves and sticks within arm’s reach as the fire was burning, and it had rained the previous day. This indicates two things, the starter used produces significant heat and grass/leaves dry out fast.
The down in the pictures is some stuff that had escaped from some sleeping bags my family has. I did not have enough of it to feel like I could get an idea of its flammability.
I used to sources listed below in addition to my own observations to gain the information necessary to produce this video.
(accessed via google translate)
0 Comments