HERB - Woad question

[Roberta R Comstock]

On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:32:18 -0400 (EDT) aleed <aleed at dnaco.net> writes:
>I recently found some woad plants for my dye garden, and planted them 
>last
>spring.  They're very large now, and I was hoping to use some of them 
>for
>dying this year--but a friend told me that woad is only good the 
>first
>year it's planted, and afterwards loses much of it's potency.  Can 
>anyone
>corroborate this?
>
>Thanks much,
>
>Drea
>

Woad does yield the best dye in its first year of growth.  Now if you
collect this year's seeds and replant them, you should have a vast
quantity of first year woad to collect next spring.

Hertha

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