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packman

(16,296 posts) Thu May 7, 2020, 11:47 AM May 2020

A pollen burn in a park

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A pollen burn in a park (Original Post) packman May 2020 OP

Looks like Cottonwood fluff. ...nt 2naSalit May 2020 #1

Is that a real thing. Intentionally burying grass to get rid of pollen? Fla Dem May 2020 #2

A different tweet identifies it csziggy May 2020 #3

2naSalit

(86,607 posts)

1. Looks like Cottonwood fluff. ...nt

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Thu May 7, 2020, 12:03 PM

May 2020

Fla Dem

(23,668 posts)

2. Is that a real thing. Intentionally burying grass to get rid of pollen?

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Thu May 7, 2020, 06:46 PM

May 2020

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

3. A different tweet identifies it

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Thu May 7, 2020, 11:14 PM

May 2020

Kyle Hill
@Sci_Phile
The controlled burning of pollen made by the Fire Brigade of Castilla y León County at the park of Cidacos, in Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain

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Apparently this is seed fluff rather than pollen, which makes more sense. You can do the same thing with the whispy fluff on the outside of your socks BUT I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT KNOWLEDGE

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