The wheat seedpod was a lot larger and mor complicated that the grass seedpod and it needed to sprout whiskers. Proportionally, if the whiskers were to be made of 1/8″ stainless steel rod, a common and less expensive rod, the height of the wheat stalk could be as tall as 30 feet. After discovering that I could buy 3′ long 1/16″ stainless rods (they are just solderless welding rods) fairly inexpensively, I decided to start with an 16 footer.

I really like the way the 1/16″ stainless whiskers work in this prototype. If I can figure out how to finish the PLA surface and pick a good color, I think I’m on to something. I wonder what it would cost to golf leaf the wheatpod? Or if it could even be done…golden wheat, yeah, why not.