Boiling Roots At Time of Harvest???

[UnitedParcelSecrets]

That's silly. Nutrient pollution on the scale of the leftover dirt with some nutrient salts, clinging to your roots, then washed in a stream, is nothing. Fertilize your lawn before a rainstorm and let it go into the storm sewer; well, there's a problem. And it doesn't directly kill fish, what it does is cause an algae bloom, and as the algae die off, the oxygen demand from rotting vegetable matter is what kills the fish by suffocation.

Messing around with roots is the biggest waste of time that misinformed growers participate in. Just break up your root ball, toss it in the compost, and next spring you can use all that yummy nutritious humus on your tomatoes.

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[harris7]

High times had an article a while back suggesting that people could us the dried and ground up roots as "flour" for baking cookies.
they suggested pulling up your plants by the roots and soaking the roots in a stream or a river to wash them clean.

PLEASE DO NOT EVER DO THIS!
you will be spreading pollution and killing fish!

I wrote to high times and told them that they were stupid but the didn't print the letter! yet.

as well, just using synthetics outdoors would have much more of an effect. IT dosn't have to go right into a river but it will get there all water runs to rivers. but as stinky said much too small a scale to make any difference.

Also, a big problem is all the soap we use to wash with. it also causes an algae boom and does all the same shit.