The first qtr of 2016 has been an amazing wet season. Plants & weeds have been very happy. The madder root bed took an unauthorized leap into adjoining garden beds.
I tore out the top green foliage and did some pitchfork work to move pesky roots that ran along the irrigation line.
I was doing my best to ignore the red root glimmers but I succumbed and took time to separate out the roots that showed dye potential.
I pulled out the pitchfork and dug deeper. Even though they are not 3 year roots, I suspect I’ll get a decent salmon out of the root yield.
Roots are drying now and the bed is now clear for my indigo seedlings. I will report on the color obtained on silk using the “young” madder root.
debmcclintock 
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