tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post422215180947694207..comments2023-09-23T07:30:55.854-05:00Comments on Rurality: Monkey cigarsRuralityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-41062757564029958662011-09-12T19:53:17.768-05:002011-09-12T19:53:17.768-05:00Actually, in St. Louis, the kids in my family used...Actually, in St. Louis, the kids in my family used to dry them out to smoke. They will light up then. No effect that I remember other than trying to look "grown up" and later remembering the crazy stuff we did as kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-76303064950779598922009-09-30T20:21:20.741-05:002009-09-30T20:21:20.741-05:00I just found one of these trees and if it wasn'...I just found one of these trees and if it wasn't for the owner remembering a story about people smoking these pods like cigars I don't think I would have known what these things really were.<br /><br />Your article was the most interesting of anything else I found on the interwebs. <br /><br />I have a pod drying out and will fire it up this winter some time. I'm sure it will taste like crap.Whoa...my data port's open....https://www.blogger.com/profile/17078188867246233617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-26725834310387309672009-07-20T15:06:12.434-05:002009-07-20T15:06:12.434-05:00As a child we did try to smoke the monkey cigar. ...As a child we did try to smoke the monkey cigar. Not too successful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-4680006588297519522009-01-19T07:43:00.000-06:002009-01-19T07:43:00.000-06:00Dave, ok, will do!CPP, that they are *shaped* like...Dave, ok, will do!<BR/><BR/>CPP, that they are *shaped* like cigars is the only thing that makes me think somebody might try... the pods are hard; not flexible at all. Seems as though it'd be like trying to smoke a stick!Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-47792128355994963992009-01-18T16:42:00.000-06:002009-01-18T16:42:00.000-06:00I once helped deliver for UPS over the Thanksgivin...I once helped deliver for UPS over the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays. My driver, Randy, told me he used to smoke the pod cigar thingies (our route was over in Pea Ridge, AL -- country roads). I can't really vouch for his honesty; he told me a lot of nutty stuff. But you never know.countrypeapiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10276399830149241673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-51877121554841153922009-01-18T12:48:00.000-06:002009-01-18T12:48:00.000-06:00We have lots of catalpas here, all descendents fro...We have lots of catalpas here, all descendents from one ancient planted tree, but I never heard about the worms or the nickname. Cool. (You'll be submitting this to the Festival fo the Trees, i hope?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-79224733444816136872009-01-17T17:52:00.000-06:002009-01-17T17:52:00.000-06:00Pamela, they are nice compact trees but I guess yo...Pamela, they are nice compact trees but I guess you wouldn't want all those pods in your pool...<BR/><BR/>Pablo, maybe a seed blew in from somewhere else...? Or maybe they don't get enough sun... or maybe you just don't have any. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks Tamar! I was almost out of high school before I had a science teacher I really liked. Wish I'd had him sooner.Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-2017095030404937952009-01-17T08:43:00.000-06:002009-01-17T08:43:00.000-06:00You make science, botany, nature, flora, and flora...You make science, botany, nature, flora, and flora fascinating, accessible, wondrous. The dull dry texts, teachers, museum signage conspired to all-but-kill my attention, interest, concern. Several callings beckon you. Yet maybe here is your best teaching forum. <BR/><BR/>Signed, a grateful failed science student all the formal schooling years (and even now, in major science museums!;-(Tamar Orvellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14549414768121825308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-80845504334324412872009-01-17T07:04:00.000-06:002009-01-17T07:04:00.000-06:00But why would mine be young? Even the emergent par...But why would mine be young? Even the emergent part of the forest is at least 30 years old, so if a catalpa had happened to seed itself there, it ought to be blooming by now. No, I think I merely don't have any. Yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-7274576908136136192009-01-16T23:21:00.000-06:002009-01-16T23:21:00.000-06:00Our neighbors chopped their catalpa down because i...Our neighbors chopped their catalpa down because it dirtied their swimming pool. I miss it.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-83128301261999002052009-01-16T16:49:00.000-06:002009-01-16T16:49:00.000-06:003C, I haven't tried them from seed, but maybe I sh...3C, I haven't tried them from seed, but maybe I should... once source I was reading said they like a lot of moisture.<BR/><BR/>FC, well it's probably like, next week for you, right? ;)<BR/><BR/>Pablo, I read that they don't flower for about 7 years, so it's possible yours are just still young.Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-10529649726067509162009-01-16T16:46:00.000-06:002009-01-16T16:46:00.000-06:00I remember your earlier post. I think catalpas are...I remember your earlier post. I think catalpas are native to Missouri, but I've not found one in my woods. I've found some likely leaves though, so maybe . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-80544513168973070732009-01-16T11:30:00.000-06:002009-01-16T11:30:00.000-06:00Now I know how to confuse a hornworm.I feel ready ...Now I know how to confuse a hornworm.<BR/>I feel ready for tomato season now.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-23219442727375893482009-01-16T09:30:00.000-06:002009-01-16T09:30:00.000-06:00I have been trying to grow a catalpa from seeds I ...I have been trying to grow a catalpa from seeds I pick up in the pediatrician's yard, but no luck. They are kind of neat.threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.com