Fire Rolling Green COMMON RAGWEED... not Spanish Needles

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Jan 24, 2021... It's years later and I now realize that this is not Spanish Needles, but COMMON RAGWEED! Here's an all natural filler for the cotton Fire Roll that works fresh off the plant. Just 3 green leaflets in a cotton ball and then roll it for about twice as long as you would with the wood ashes. The extra rolling must be for a drying it out. Come have a look at this interesting find... Please SUBSCRIBE at the end of the video. Thanks! HERE'S THE LINK TO MY FIRE ROLL PLAYLIST: kzbin.info/aero/PLkoXX8XsMW3kLMA7kY_LznhzK5nOrA3Wd

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

@@JasongCLJ LOL!

[@michaeljohnson2566]

David, your fire roll experiments are a contribution to science.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thank you.

[@randy-9842]

Second attempt was a great success even better than the third. I like the idea of rubbing some of the plant juice into the fire-boards for grip. Bravo, sir! I should have recognized the Ragweed - it sure gave me fits in allergy season growing up!!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

A Facebook plant ID group miss IDed it way back then.

[@tomasrikona4021]

You continue to astound me with your meticulously planned experimentation. My preferred method is the bow drill but this is the first time I have ever seen anyone use this method effectively. Thanks for posting this brother. 🔥👍

[@olivierthomas2924]

Thank you David, I've watched most of your fireroll videos the past couple of days and was amazed. I am wondering if cotton could be firerolled on its own without any sort of filling. I will experiment...

[@kennethcarter5720]

Would not of thought that would have worked well done 👍 brilliant

[@oldbones9162]

Found it!! Now I know what to look for. Lookin’ forward to tryin’ that weed. Thanks!!

[@KettleCamping]

Thanks a lot for the R&D. Great to hear all the thinking behind your actions TC 👍

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks KC!

[@rod.thehollerhound9791]

Shared this one. I'm learnin more everytime I watch one of your videos. Thanks man!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks Rod!

[@charlesatwell9976]

Thanks for sharing your failures as well as your successes.

[@jaysonwilliams1278]

If the moisture from the leaf in the cotton worked in the intermediary step that you mentioned, I wonder if a drop of peppermint oil on cotton would work? Would you be willing to give that a shot for us? Love these BTW! Thanks

[@GetMeThere1]

I think that an interesting way to investigate these sorts of materials is to experiment with the idea that you may have to isolate the fibers and give them 6-8 hours to dry out first! Needing to wait for that period of time is not a "failure" of a method. It's "nice" to be able to start a fire immediately, but methods which require a half day of preparation are not bad, either.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Do what you gotta do.

[@rogerbatsvik7227]

pure magic.

[@jeremydehart7466]

That plant you cut, the leaves on it look a lot similar to queen Ann’s lace, and is a very deadly plant. But there are so many that look alike. Anyway awesome job, and be very careful with the plants you touch. I know quite a bit about native plants and some can be very poisonous, especially the queen Ann’s lace. Mae God bless you buddy!!✝️👈🏼

[@user-qt2bc1my6m]

This is really amazing. I'll try.

[@henryshaffer5811]

I am impressed Sr you are a master

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Thanks Henry!

[@sjvche7675]

Bamboo and horsetail ferns have silica particles in them, wound they work?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

IDK

[@dankline9162]

I also heard that about horsetails and rush. They are usually very hard and brittle though, so it would be hard to find a good piece, maybe the pollen cones?

[@LordFatih88]

awesome

[@laserflexr6321]

Looks like Japanese hedge parsley, When it goes to flower it will make a spray or umbel of tiny white flowers that develop into seed pods commonly referred to as stick tights around here, but there are other triangular seeds called that same name, dont know what plant that is from.

[@redneck4me2]

David have you ever tried old mans beard, for your fire role, I can get it to lite using a very small fruro rod, , but I don't think it would take a spark from flint and steel, also I would be interested if bone dry leafs rubbed in to a fine powder could replace ash?,

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

No. Please watch my Rudiger Roll Playlist.

[@ThunderChunky101]

Not too good for your skin though.

[@egordo2]

Wonderful , David !! Greetings my friend!

[@linklesstennessee2078]

I didn't think green leaves would work I guess I was wrong good info

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Too many leaves has too much moisture... to few leaves has too little reactive elements. Thanks!

[@stevemartin8832]

It is my understanding that the only plants in the world that have square stems are members of the mint family. Maybe an expert in plant biology could confirm or dispute this statement.

[@michaeldean5787]

Hi Steve, I know it's a late response. I'm not an expert but a gardener with an interest in plants. Plants from the mint family do indeed have square stems but other plants also do, for example nettles and Verbena. Finding square stems and an aroma in the leaves is a good indication that the plant might be from the mint family but that is not always the case. For further reading, Botany in a Day by Thomas J Elpel is an excellent book which explains plant identification in an easy to understand way.

[@TheChadWork2001]

David, have you ever just fire rolled a plain cotton ball? I saw another guy fire roll some bark fiber with no filler and it worked. He admitted that ashes make it easier though.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

You can't believe most of what you see on KZbin. I know that some people truly can fire roll fibers without a filler, but I'm not one. TY!

[@timstephenson8752]

David, have you tried portions, a little bit,roll up, little bit,roll and then compact it and then go for smoke. Just wondering. I'd like to see if it can be done.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

I don't know what you mean. Most everything logical has already been tried by me and many others. See my fire roll playlist.

[@johnotto989]

Great video! I'm really enjoying watching them! I'm just curious why you need to add something to the cotton roll, would the cotton roll begin to become combustible on its own? Thanks again for the video, may Jesus greatly bless you!

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Very few people can get ignition with cotton by itself. See my fire roll playlist.

[@johnotto989]

Gotcha! I've been watching a bunch of them, I'll check out the list too! Thanks!!

[@garrykraemer8993]

David, thanks for finding and creating a 'demand' for ragweeds! As a kid I used to spend weeks (months?) chopping them out of the rows of corn. They grew faster than the corn. Dad finally got a sprayer and 24D killed the ragweed fast. 50+ years later and I still hate that plant! Have you tried rolling "porcupine eggs" (cockleburs)? :)

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOL! Please see my fire roll playlist.

[@eddiedelzer8823]

Have you tried Cattails?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Everything logical has been tried. See my fire roll playlist.

[@mindfulicious]

You NEVER cease to amaze me! this is so cool and I'm learning so much. Would this work with 100% cotton from clothing like socks or a tee shirt?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

No, but you can unweave cotton denim and fire roll the threads. I just made that video a couple of weeks ago. See my fire roll playlist also.

[@mindfulicious]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl thanks!

[@countryuncle3]

hey David have ever used cornstarch? if can like to see it done thanks

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Try it out and let me know. Thanks!

[@offdagrid877]

Do you think bracken would work

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

IDK, might.

[@johnlerner9259]

Damn, Dave! Are your hands impervious to fire?! You had your hand over the fire in your stove for awhile! Also, thanks for these fantastic videos.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

John Lerner It was the camera angle.... the flame was forward of my hand.... you had to look through the flames to see my hand behind.

[@jaysonwilliams1278]

My kids see me grabbing hot pans in the kitchen and say I have kitchen hands. Dave has tinder hands!

[@tomasrikona4021]

I wonder if you could use dandelion hair as a substitute for cotton?🤔

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

The outside fibers need to be much much stronger than that. Everything logical has already been tried. See my fire roll playlist.

[@charleyweinhardt]

i dont get it , why not put dry old tree leave or needles or punk powder?? is the green helping some how? if it's a textural stick thing where the moisture helps it to set up, couldn't you give the cotton a little spit lick on the inside and maybe a bit after its rolled?? thanks

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

There are lots of fillers of the variety you mention that work. A green filler is unusual. See my fire roll playlist.

[@charleyweinhardt]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl cool thank you David!

[@barnabyvonrudal1]

Why does it work better with a filler? I'm a newbie

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Friction and chemical reaction. See my fire roll playlist.

[@jesuschristismylordandsavi6108]

What brand cotton balls do you use? The cotton balls we have don't unroll. They just pull apart. I found one yeas ago that was old and it unrolled.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Walmart. I haven't found any that won't unroll or unfold.

[@jesuschristismylordandsavi6108]

@@DavidWestBgood2ppl Thank you. I will check Walmart. I have found the ones in the medicine bottles unroll but the kind my wife buys, probably me, I can't get them to unroll, they just pull completely apart. They do not even feel like cotton. They feel synthetic, like nylon fibers.

[@hirampetty9293]

Can you make a fireroll out of dryer lint?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

The pieces of fiber are not strong enough like the continuous fibers of a cotton ball are. Please check out my Rudiger Roll Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLkoXX8XsMW3kLMA7kY_LznhzK5nOrA3Wd

[@abcxyz9643]

Why would you use green plant matter as a filler? I am trying to get an idea of why you thought this specific plant might be a good choice. I would think any dead dry material would be better, but that is obviously not the case.

[@abcxyz9643]

Would this work with a cotton ball alone? How realistic is it to start a fire this way out in the sticks, say without cut lumber to roll it in and without cotton balls? Apologies for all the questions.

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Please visit my Fire Roll Playlist.

[@JorgeDavalosBravo]

what kind of witchcraft is this? fresh green leaves ? OMG This is amazing.

[@ThunderChunky101]

It's just to crate friction. Cotton doesn't roll well on its own, it's too slippery.

[@bdawson6473]

Horse mint?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Common ragweed

[@Anhidema]

Ash is working much better than those leaves

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Anhidema Michael Vermey Yes, nothing is better than wood ashes.

[@lequercus2740]

You are just incredble it's great ;)

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

TY!

[@joedokes6213]

commonly known as shepherd's needles, beggar ticks, Spanish needles or butterfly needles

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Just 2 days ago I was using leaflets, off a mature plant this time, to make fire roll friction fire. Thanks!

[@garysheren9353]

If I didn't see it ,I wouldn't believe it un real.

[@jopo6388]

Youre kidding me. What else can we use in the cotton or anything else?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Lots. See my fire roll playlist.

[@misterjoejoet1954]

There has to be a trick to it I'm going to try it if it works I will surely praise you apologize and show my friends it can be done

[@michaelsebourn3425]

if you roll the wrong plant you might glow in the dark dont try weed either thats a waste

[@youtubethrowaway9324]

Next: fire rolling a goat

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

They tell me herbivore poop works... so goat poop should work.

[@youtubethrowaway9324]

Ah but we'll never know if we don't see it !

[@ianbredell5159]

Would you look at that! Who would've thought, green wet stuff can make fire? I wonder if it's something in the chemical composition of the plant. Ps. Doesn't Mrs. West complain about you stinking of smoke all the time?

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

Friction and chemical reaction. Thanks!

[@JohnCapps]

First ;-)

[@DavidWestBgood2ppl]

LOL! Way first for sure.