Wind direction indicators

[Doc]

I know there are those squeeze-bottle talcum-style wind direction indicators that you can buy. But I was just wondering how many of you use milkweed seeds for that purpose. I have used both, but find that the commercial powder units don't really tell the whole story. They don't go out far enough, I keep a plastic baggie in my pocket that is full of milk weed seeds. I let one of those things go, and can see it go way out from my stand showing me every little nuance of the wind as it goes away from me. I have watched them get out 20 or 30 yards and then change direction completely, due to something that has interrupted the wind direction and actually went in a surprising direction that I could never have predicted with the talc-style indicators. If you run across one of those milkweed seed pods in your travels, it might be a good idea to grab it and put it in a bag and keep it for this kind of use.

 

[First-light]

Milkweed the best!

 

[fasteddie]

yes for milkweed . can't beat the price . 

 

[landtracdeerhunter]

I grow patches of milkweed, for the Monarch butterflies. So kind of a natural seed planting method to use as a wind direction indicator.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Milk weed are doing very well this growing season. Honey bees have been working the blossoms regularly, plus a recond number of monarch butterfly sightings this season. Pods have formed on some plants and will be picked for winds indicators the season. All win situation.