[SOS-PCA] [EXTERNAL] Vacuum recommendation?

[Velman, Wendy M]

Hi Molly,

Here in MT we purchased leaf blowers that can reverse the motors and take out the chopper blades. Works amazing for sagebrush collection. Not soliciting for them but we bought Stihl leaf blowers about 5+ years ago and still using them. We have not collected any other species except WY and Black sagebrush.

If you do use a vacuum, make sure to put something like nylon stocking over the intake filter, otherwise you might suck things into the motor and burn it up...



Wendy Velman
Botany Program Lead
Plant Conservation & Restoration Program
(PCRP) and Pollinators
Montana/Dakotas State Office
5001 Southgate Drive
Billings, MT 59101
Office: 406-896-5032
Fax: 406-896-5293
e-mail: wvelman at blm.gov<mailto:wvelman at blm.gov>

We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own. Diane Ackerman


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Hello collectors,

I am looking for recommendations for a small portable vacuum that could be used to collect small aster seeds. This season we encountered a few plants such as Stephanomeria that vacuuming might work well for. Please share your pros and cons of any vacuum models if you can!

Thanks,
Molly Boyter
Botanist
BLM - Wenatchee Field Office
915 Walla Walla Ave
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Office: 509-665-2137
Fax: 509-665-2121
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