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["Jerome Osentowski" <jerome@crmpi.org>]

Georg,  the dock indicates more acit soils, and areas that are not well
drained.  The dryed root is capceled and taken as a liver tonic.  Might be a
market for it.  dryed stock and seed work good in dryed flower arrangements.
jerome
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>From: "georg parlow" <georg@websuxxess.com>
>To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [permaculture] Curly dock - rumex crispus, uses of
>Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2003, 12:20 PM
>

>> Is curly dock a perennial?
>
> sure is
>
>> Does it have food or forage value?
>
> quite an o.k. spinach, but toxic if raw (and man i sure know what i am
> saying - after making nice veggies a few times i once fixed a gib salad of
> the crisp leaves, a trace of onion and plenty of pumpkinseed oil - i hated
> my guts for 24 hours and got sick for years (literally) if only seeing curly
> dock stands out from a train window...
>
>> The seeds it sets are abundant and probably long lived in the soil.
>
> 50+ years it is said
>
> forget plowing. if you plow you end up with zillions of tiny plants - each
> rootsegment sprouts. but if you keep improving the soil i would expect
> succession to move on...eventually. but it is gug fairly easy.
>
>> I am thinking of leaving it as permanent cover, to alternate with the rye
> that will inevitably follow and flourish for over eight months
>> alongside it. When I need more space for crops of trees I can easily
> remove portions of it, For the long haul it may keep other problem
>> weeds in check, protect and build the soil aand help control erosion on
> slopes.
>
> sounds good. keep us posted!
>
> keep growing,
> georg
>
> P.S.: the mettle seeds are about ready - hope they dont irradiate incoming
> mail in bigbrotherland. would need a snailmail adress.
>
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