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owlbait

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Harvesting cherry bark
« on: March 21, 2014, 09:20:38 pm »
Not sure where to post this, so I'll try here. What is the best way to harvest cherry bark? I have a tree that will be removed this year and I thought the bark may come in handy for someone/something.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Harvesting cherry bark
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2014, 09:22:54 pm »
What kind of cherry is it? It is choke cherry that has the useful bark.
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owlbait

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Re: Harvesting cherry bark
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2014, 09:50:48 pm »
Sorry. Yes, it is choke cherry.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Harvesting cherry bark
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2014, 10:47:04 pm »
From a rotten one, the bark doesn't decay like the wood
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Harvesting cherry bark
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2014, 11:15:23 pm »
The bark grows around the trunk and not lengthwise like other trees so you need a pretty big trunk to get enough bark length.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Harvesting cherry bark
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2014, 01:41:24 am »
+1

I've been searching myself, I know of one in a guys yard, gonna wait till it warms up to ask if I can peel bark off his dead tree ???
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Offline chamookman

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Re: Harvesting cherry bark
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2014, 04:56:10 am »
Shorter pieces work too. Make the strips 2" wide - the seams can be skieve jointed or wrapped with Silk/and or Sinew. Makes a Beautiful backing on Osage. Bob
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Re: Harvesting cherry bark
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2014, 07:21:21 am »
Thanks. 
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