Lavender
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Lavender
After getting home from a 3 week vacation I was a little late on picking my lavender but still ended with some nice fragrance. I believe I will leave my final product as an hydrosol. Below are a few pictures of my run.
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Re: Lavender
Good pics of your set-up...any idea what your yield is per lb ?
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Re: Lavender
I filled 8 small bottles around 200 ml full all smell of lavender but only 2 of the bottles are really strong with the oil look so I put those two in the fridge to see if they separate.
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Re: Lavender
any updates on the lavender oils and/or other oils? my wife and I have been talking about this for a while and now have almosst an acre of tillable land that we are thinking about planting with lavender and mints and other herbs that she uses alot of . any info on yields from amounts harvested vs. produced would be great . thanks
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Those pictures were taken from lavender last year that were past there prime. Will have update after it blooms this year.lil misfit wrote:any updates on the lavender oils and/or other oils? my wife and I have been talking about this for a while and now have almosst an acre of tillable land that we are thinking about planting with lavender and mints and other herbs that she uses alot of . any info on yields from amounts harvested vs. produced would be great . thanks
Re: Lavender
Probably should have picked the lavender 2 weeks ago but still had a nice run today. Will see how it separates but it sure smells good. Not as cloudy as my mint so don't believe It will yield as much oil.
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Re: Lavender
Question Bushman...what other herbs do you extract? (Not talking about Jane's herbs)
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Re: Lavender
Lavender is ready so will try to do a run this week.
Kiwi, sorry I just saw your post but haven’t done a lot of other runs other than lavender and mint. Basically still in a learning process but I do want to dedicate part of my garden to this new found hobby.
Kiwi, sorry I just saw your post but haven’t done a lot of other runs other than lavender and mint. Basically still in a learning process but I do want to dedicate part of my garden to this new found hobby.
Re: Lavender
Did another batch of lavender
It’s only been several days and I will wait several weeks but I am guessing the oils will not separate in The lavender like my mint has.