Growing burdock

[Justin Time]

thinking ahead....There's only a few Burdock plants each year in my patch so I've never dug any up to try them. Is there anything I can do to encourage more to grow locally? I seem to recall someone, ? Gary, mentioned they grew it in their allotment... any tips?

 

[innocent bystander]

If it's arctia lappa then this place does the seed's. :

http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/seeds/pages/herb.htm#Wf2288

Apparently the japanese cultivate them as a root veg. Think it's the same stuff :?:

 

[Justin Time]

that's the one, cheers IB. :biggthump

I was thinking of gathering the seeds in the autumn but this will allow me to get started sooner.

 

[innocent bystander]

Theyr'e pretty good as well. And thinking laterally, how about cultivating our own ideal hand drills - for practice purposes of course....?

 

[Ranger Bob]

I've grown it for a couple of years now! The advice I was given was to grow it like parsnips! Has worked for me!