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Cottage_Rose Cedar Springs, MI(Zone 5b) Aug 22, 2006

When do you harvest the seed heads if you want to use them for making brooms?

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Aug 22, 2006

When the stalk is just about dry. Cut the stalks and hang them to dry for a couple of weeks, comb out the seeds and you are ready to go. I fyou have not done this before, it is work. When I was a kid, all in house brooms were made by hand from broom corn. More round brooms than the flat type because they were easier to make.

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Indy Alexandria, IN(Zone 6a) Aug 22, 2006

They still make brooms at the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival [Billie Creek Village] in the fall.....western Indiana

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Cottage_Rose Cedar Springs, MI(Zone 5b) Aug 22, 2006

Thanks farmerdill.
I have seen them in shops down in Shipshewana Ind and want to make some.

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