[nobby]

heres one to get you thinking
I have just got my hands on some liquorice root
enny iders how to grow it ? :?

[Clampit]

No idea at all i'm afraid, but i shall watch this one with great interest. Good luck.

[Aunt Sally]

Hmmm...  I used to buy liquorice root and chew it.  Yummy, but splinters in your gums  :shock:

[nobby]

by all acounts it used to be growen a lot in the pontefract area of yorkshire
so enny yorkies with idears

[Trillium]

It'll grow anywhere where there's well drained soil and space. The roots spread by horizontal rhizomes so don't put it in some small corner. Mulch well to keep down weeds and keep in some moisture. It'll need a few years to produce enough tubers to start harvesting.

[nobby]

thanks trillium ill see how it goes

[jacnal]

so enny yorkies with idears

Munty gone incognito? lol!    










Sorry!

I shall follow this with interest too - liquorice... interesting.

[woodburner]

It grows deep. Really deep. You need a digger to harvest it all  :shock:  :o

[nobby]

Iv got an old 2 foot x 2foot 6 planter
planted 2 roots in it at the week end so we shall see  :!:

[Gary]

Hi Nobby
watched a program last week about the last liquurice grower in Pantefract ,West Yorkshire and one thing i remember is that you need at least 8 foot of soil,hope you've got a big spade.

Gary

[Gary]

Sorry its Pontefract not pantefract

[nobby]

[8 FOOT] ! Ithink Ill try something else :?

[woodburner]

I did say a digger didn't I?    

Hmm how abot 8 foot high raised bed    

If the root you had was from the health food shop, it wouldn't have grown anyway as it would have died from being dried.  :cry: