{"id":23997,"date":"2019-11-27T16:29:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=23997"},"modified":"2019-11-27T16:39:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:39:10","slug":"preparing-dandelions-for-forcing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=23997","title":{"rendered":"Preparing dandelions for forcing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather was a bit milder over the last few days, thawing sufficiently so that I could crowbar dandelion roots from the frozen soil and pot them up ready for winter forcing which will give a never ending supply of delicious, nutritious midwinter greens for free later in the winter (just a little effort)!
\nJust:
\n1. Dig up the roots<\/p>\n

2. Remove (and eat) any green leaves<\/p>\n

3. Plant the roots in soil up to the crown and then cover the crowns in a couple of centimetres of clean sand (I use buckets)<\/p>\n

4. Store in the coolest place possible to keep them dormant\u00a0 (it could also be outside if you don’t have a root cellar)<\/p>\n

5. Move to a warmer place ( a cool room works well) a couple of weeks before you need the shoots (keep dark if you want delicious blanched shoots)<\/p>\n

(This is the same method you can use for forcing chicory, but to my mind dandelions are even tastier and they sow themselves….and all you have to do is NOT to weed and harvest instead!)<\/p>\n