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  • disposing of dock/dandelion roots

    Can they be composted? I assume not?
    My drowning bucket is filled with nastier things (marestail and couchgrass).

    any bright ideas?

  • #2
    Stick them in the bucket with the other nasties...get two buckets?

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    • #3
      Mine go on the bonfire or in the waste bin - especially the dock. Takes so long to dig the roots out that I have no intention of keeping it anywhere on the property. Horrid stuff!

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      • #4
        Yep - I burn it - its classified as A grade waste on my plot.
        B grade stuff gets dried or drowned then composted.
        C grade goes straight in the composters

        D grade I eat
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        • #5
          I dry it on the path or put it in old compost bags and stand them in the greenhouse.

          I cut the root down it’s length to make sure it’s dry, then compost it. No point wasting greens...

          Plus fires are banned on our plots, and the tip has a licence requirement for 4x4s which limits me to 12 visits a year.

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          • #6
            Mine go in the council garden waste bin along with all the other nasties. I’m with VC once I’ve dug out the dock I don’t want it anywhere near the plot.

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            • #7
              I put dock roots and dandelions on the compost heap with everything else - the seed heads are a different matter. The pile accumulating this year will be used in 2021 and I generally rake it across the surface of the soil so, if there were any still viable roots, they will be removed then and put back on the heap accumulating then.

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              • #8
                Once upon a time dandelion was a staple food, it's said to have followed mankind into each new continent.
                But if at home I wring the root off and toss it in the bin. On the plot they rarely get big enough to be a bother, but they would go on the bindweed pile kept on the end of an upturned 45 Gal drum where they spend a few months drying, then in the compost with everything else. Again don't suffer Doc leaf on the plot, a few try to invade the lawn and go in the bin.

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                • #9
                  All tough to control not wanted growth is drowned in a large blue barrel and composted the spring after, nothing survives this treatment and it all composts really well.
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