Guest guest Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Yes of course, and don't be confused by trying to work out dry material equivalents. Nature didn't design protection for dead dried plants. Its actually not very interested in them. Fresh materials are usually more bioactive than dried (w/w) (surprise, surprise). There's even a warning in one of the Mills and Bone books about fresh Phytolacca, I believe it was. So if you are used to using say 1:3, with Taraxacum a fresh 1:3, or 1:2 if you are feeling generous, will have a similar (although not identical) result (because fresh herbs are, well, fresher. Chenery www.rutlandbio.com Tarax rad tr > I've just had to do something no self respecting > British gardener should ever have to do - I had to > water my nettles.... > > Having discovered I'm out of dandelion root, I need to > know - can I make a fresh tr of the root? If so I'll > go dig. > > Fidler, TN USA > > > List Owner: Graham White, MNIMH > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Well I've had nettles and dandelions growing in the greenhouse before now to try and get them looking good a bit earlier than usual for talks! Tarax rad tr > I've just had to do something no self respecting > British gardener should ever have to do - I had to > water my nettles.... > > Having discovered I'm out of dandelion root, I need to > know - can I make a fresh tr of the root? If so I'll > go dig. > > Fidler, TN USA > > > List Owner: Graham White, MNIMH > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Hi , Juicing fresh dandlion root is quite fun, if you have a Champion or Samson type of juicer. The fresh juice is seriously bitter, nothing like the tincture. I sometimes include a bit of fresh root with my lunchtime pint (of fresh veg. juice). I suppose one could juice the root and then add 25% ethanol. I hope I get around to it sometime but all the digging and scrubbing that would be necessary to make a worthwhile volume puts me off a bit. Maybe next time the garden gets major workover. Best rgds, Orbell-Mc > > I've just had to do something no self respecting > British gardener should ever have to do - I had to > water my nettles.... > > Having discovered I'm out of dandelion root, I need to > know - can I make a fresh tr of the root? If so I'll > go dig. > > Fidler, TN USA > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Thanks for the idea - I hadn't thought of juice. I abscond from the scrubbibg though - I put the whole lot in the washing machine... (You have to give it a good wipe afterwards) Fidler --- korbellmcsean wrote: > Hi , > Juicing fresh dandlion root is quite fun, if you > have a Champion or > Samson type of juicer. The fresh juice is seriously > bitter, nothing > like the tincture. I sometimes include a bit of > fresh root with my > lunchtime pint (of fresh veg. juice). > I suppose one could juice the root and then add 25% > ethanol. I hope I > get around to it sometime but all the digging and > scrubbing that would > be necessary to make a worthwhile volume puts me off > a bit. Maybe next > time the garden gets major workover. > Best rgds, > Orbell-Mc > > > > > > I've just had to do something no self respecting > > British gardener should ever have to do - I had to > > water my nettles.... > > > > Having discovered I'm out of dandelion root, I > need to > > know - can I make a fresh tr of the root? If so > I'll > > go dig. > > > > Fidler, TN USA > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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