disposing of dock/dandelion roots

[bikermike]

Can they be composted? I assume not?
My drowning bucket is filled with nastier things (marestail and couchgrass).

any bright ideas?

[Scarlet]

Stick them in the bucket with the other nasties...get two buckets?

[veggiechicken]

Mine go on the bonfire or in the waste bin - especially the dock. Takes so long to dig the roots out that I have no intention of keeping it anywhere on the property. Horrid stuff!

[Baldy]

Yep - I burn it - its classified as A grade waste on my plot.
B grade stuff gets dried or drowned then composted.
C grade goes straight in the composters

D grade I eat

[Logunner]

I dry it on the path or put it in old compost bags and stand them in the greenhouse.

I cut the root down it’s length to make sure it’s dry, then compost it. No point wasting greens...

Plus fires are banned on our plots, and the tip has a licence requirement for 4x4s which limits me to 12 visits a year.

[Bluenowhere]

Mine go in the council garden waste bin along with all the other nasties. I’m with VC once I’ve dug out the dock I don’t want it anywhere near the plot.

[Mark_Riga]

I put dock roots and dandelions on the compost heap with everything else - the seed heads are a different matter. The pile accumulating this year will be used in 2021 and I generally rake it across the surface of the soil so, if there were any still viable roots, they will be removed then and put back on the heap accumulating then.

[ESBkevin]

Once upon a time dandelion was a staple food, it's said to have followed mankind into each new continent.
But if at home I wring the root off and toss it in the bin. On the plot they rarely get big enough to be a bother, but they would go on the bindweed pile kept on the end of an upturned 45 Gal drum where they spend a few months drying, then in the compost with everything else. Again don't suffer Doc leaf on the plot, a few try to invade the lawn and go in the bin.

[MyWifesBrassicas]

All tough to control not wanted growth is drowned in a large blue barrel and composted the spring after, nothing survives this treatment and it all composts really well.