White Willow 100cm

Willow is peeled as soon as roots and branches on the top begin to grow. Wicker is peeled with wooden rifle with metal settlement or iron stands (called goat) .When peeling a larger quantity, it´s used cracker machine. These instruments peeles off boiled wicker as well as sappy wicker. If sappy, the peel goes off easily. Wicker must be peeled in nice weather. Otherwise it gets mucky white to grey color. When drying wicker musn´t get wet and if it is tied up with the willow bark, it must be pulled up in order to get uniform bleached color of wicker. For this purpose is mostly used Salix viminalis L., Salix L. amygdalin, Salix cv Americana and red willow. From 100 kg of green wicker without leaves you get 20-40 kg of white wicker ( depends on the length of wicker and amount of sap in the rod). White wicker is suitable for weaving after 6 months, during this period become wicker mature. We do not recommend weaving immediately after peeling.