Any and all survival techniques may come in handy in the future. Another one I saw recently was where a dude took water from a dirty stream and inserted a grapevine from that bottle to an empty, clean bottle at a lower level below it. He place the vine's bottom-most part as it was in the woods in the dirty water, and the upper part he bent downward to the empty bottle. The vine began pulling and filtering water from the dirty bottle and dripping clean water into the empty bottle.
It was so clean that he drank the clean water on the spot. He had earlier sent samples to a lab to see that the clean water was <1% (untraceable amount) of impurities.
Apparently not! I also wondered about using kudzu vines, they are very plentiful around the South, except that kudzu is such a fast-growing vine (it can grow up to a foot per day!) I wonder if it would have the same filtering performance as a grapevine? Maybe if one used several kudzu vines at once you might speed up production of water.
i saw that too,never heard of that ,but i remember back in the movie Crocodile Dundee i think it was ,the aborigine stopped in the jungle/forest and cut the vine hanging from a tree and drank the water coming out .i just love seeing the old ways people survived.
That might have been a method the aboriginals used, I don't know....sounds plausible. But it's a short-term solution, to drink directly from the vine. Here is the video that shows how to use a grapevine to filter larger quantities of unsafe water:
Yes, I get that. If you need a water source FAST, that's one way to do it. The video showing the vines as a filter is a longer-term technique. I would guess that a vine used as a filter would clog up after a few gallons and you'd have to replace it frequently.
Fortunately, I have grapevines growing near me in the woods. I'm STILL wondering if kudzu vines would do this or not.
Any and all survival techniques may come in handy in the future. Another one I saw recently was where a dude took water from a dirty stream and inserted a grapevine from that bottle to an empty, clean bottle at a lower level below it. He place the vine's bottom-most part as it was in the woods in the dirty water, and the upper part he bent downward to the empty bottle. The vine began pulling and filtering water from the dirty bottle and dripping clean water into the empty bottle.
It was so clean that he drank the clean water on the spot. He had earlier sent samples to a lab to see that the clean water was <1% (untraceable amount) of impurities.
So, grapevine had it's uses. I thought it was just gossip!
Found the grapevine filter video again, here 'tis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSBwJNDDUfc
Apparently not! I also wondered about using kudzu vines, they are very plentiful around the South, except that kudzu is such a fast-growing vine (it can grow up to a foot per day!) I wonder if it would have the same filtering performance as a grapevine? Maybe if one used several kudzu vines at once you might speed up production of water.
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i saw that too,never heard of that ,but i remember back in the movie Crocodile Dundee i think it was ,the aborigine stopped in the jungle/forest and cut the vine hanging from a tree and drank the water coming out .i just love seeing the old ways people survived.
That might have been a method the aboriginals used, I don't know....sounds plausible. But it's a short-term solution, to drink directly from the vine. Here is the video that shows how to use a grapevine to filter larger quantities of unsafe water:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSBwJNDDUfc
That was a great video. Thanks for sharing.
If it's a live grapevine you can drink straight from a cut vine still attached to the trunk and roots. It's even pressurized a bit.
Yes, I get that. If you need a water source FAST, that's one way to do it. The video showing the vines as a filter is a longer-term technique. I would guess that a vine used as a filter would clog up after a few gallons and you'd have to replace it frequently.
Fortunately, I have grapevines growing near me in the woods. I'm STILL wondering if kudzu vines would do this or not.
That too is so awesome to know. I think we need to share this kind of knowledge as much as we can. Thanks Fren.