Don't let that Alkanet get hold it's a beggar to get rid of.
From what I have just read you can make natural dyes out of it. For the hand spun woollen yarn you have combed and processed from your herd of Jacob sheep, while you take a break from digging out the Alkanet .
Green Alkanet has taproots that are incredibly difficult to remove and can be almost two inches wide and grow down to 18+ inches
Any fragments left behind will regenerate into new plants, much like Dadelions. It seeds very rampantly, so would recommend a major dig-out or cutting the top half of the stems off (to keep bees etc away) and spray with a strong Glyphosate weekiller for places where the taproots are impossible to dig out.
there's lots of it! Anyone know?
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Alkanet, member of the Borage family
Last edited: 16 April 2017 11:58:55
It does not look at all edible to me, the leaves look too furry to be palateable.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
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Don't let that Alkanet get hold it's a beggar to get rid of.
From what I have just read you can make natural dyes out of it. For the hand spun woollen yarn you have combed and processed from your herd of Jacob sheep, while you take a break from digging out the Alkanet .
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Green Alkanet has taproots that are incredibly difficult to remove and can be almost two inches wide and grow down to 18+ inches
Any fragments left behind will regenerate into new plants, much like Dadelions. It seeds very rampantly, so would recommend a major dig-out or cutting the top half of the stems off (to keep bees etc away) and spray with a strong Glyphosate weekiller for places where the taproots are impossible to dig out.