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Old 06-03-2013, 10:49 AM
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Default Mystery dust need help
In the last few days theres been a strange kind of dust blowing around here,it's yellow and it lands on everything, it's in all my water barels. It lays right on top of the water.Its all farm country around here is it something the farmers are using I wonder , anyone know what this stuff is ?thanks
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Pollen.

Don't breath the air, tree's are ****ing in it right now.
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Old 06-03-2013, 10:50 AM
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Pollen from trees
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Old 06-03-2013, 10:56 AM
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Pollen.

Don't breath the air, tree's are ****ing in it right now.
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Old 06-03-2013, 11:18 AM
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So this pollen is from the poplar trees I guess
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Old 06-03-2013, 11:19 AM
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So this pollen is from the poplar trees I guess
Not sure what is worse the pollen or the fluff
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Old 06-03-2013, 11:30 AM
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Not sure what is worse the pollen or the fluff
Those sticky basT***s that fall off the black poplar and stick to the vehicles.
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Old 06-03-2013, 11:39 AM
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Those sticky basT***s that fall off the black poplar and stick to the vehicles.
forgot about those
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Old 06-03-2013, 11:53 AM
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So this pollen is from the poplar trees I guess
From pine trees.
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Old 06-03-2013, 11:56 AM
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Yes from pine. It was all over the tent this weekend....
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Old 06-03-2013, 12:07 PM
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Pine and spruce trees.

The poplars have already pollinated as can be seen by the fluff floating around. It does take a week or two for the seeds to develop.
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X2000 Hate those things. Tree sperm just washes off cars, those darn sticky pods stain paint and carpet!
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Old 06-03-2013, 12:27 PM
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So from spruce and pine ?
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Old 06-03-2013, 12:38 PM
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So from spruce and pine ?
Yep the lakes in the kootenays are formIng yellow" scum lines" in the right wind you an watch the branches puff yellow.
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