posted 8 years ago
My friend has a huge eucalyptus tree. Huge for Victoria, with a base about 30 inches in diameter. The next time we trim it, I would like to try extracting some oil. It's supposed to be good in the laundry, and for many other things.
Also, do you just extract it from the leaves, the leaves and bark, or can I be extracted from the wood as well. The wood seems to have that eucalyptus smell, but certainly not as strong as the stuff sold in health food stores.
I have no idea which type of eucalyptus this is. Hopefully somebody knows what type gets this big here.
Edit.......
I did some digging and it looks like eucalyptus is one of the things that can be used in a muslin laundry bag, to replace those horrible little dryer sheets. The bags are about $0.18 each, when bought in bulk. For this purpose, does anyone know if it's acceptable to use little sticks and bark, along with the leaves? I don't use a dryer, but I know people who do. One of them recently lost some nice sweaters, to moth damage.