How to clean pine cones???

[Clueless]

Hubby has decided to gift a toy to Secret. We have a bag of pine cones from the farm!!!

I don't have F10. I found a post from several years ago by @Wasabisaurus that mentioned a pdf by Phoenix Landing but the link doesn't work. Was it discontinued for a reason? Does anyone know if this would be safe for Secret?

This is from Phoenix Landing:
Cleaning
-‐Soak pine cones in vinegar water (about a cup of white vinegar to a gallon of water)
for at least 10
-‐15 minutes
this gets all the
dirt and bugs out. Rinse well and let air
-‐dry, about 24 hrs.(Wet Pinecones will close up, then open again
as they start to dry)Put the pinecones on a foil covered cookie sheet and bake at about 150 to 200* degrees for 20
-‐30
minutes to kill bacteria, molds
, etc.
, leave in the oven until completely cool.*Pinecones will combust at 240 degrees.


Here is the link to the .pdf if you want to download:

http://www.phoenixlanding.org/uploads/6/0/0/9/60091737/___1_perchesplantspinecones.pdf

 

[Clueless]

@Lady Jane do you know?

 

[expressmailtome]

Here is an updated link: Wayback Machine .

 

[Clueless]

Thank you!!! @expressmailtome

 

[flyzipper]

a pdf by Phoenix Landing but the link doesn't work

The link in your OP worked for me, but it was fairly slow to download.

The pinecone section...

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[expressmailtome]

@Clueless you are welcome.

 

[Lady Jane]

There are multiple ways to do this. Best to collect them when fresh fallen. The vinegar soak is good. Another one is to boil them in water for about 15 to 20 minutes then dry overnight. No bakin in oven needed this way.