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Janet wrote:

The question is; is it a rampageous spreader I would regret letting
loose in the garden, or should it be held captive (perhaps in a large
buried pot)?

As Charlie said, thug. Having said that, I've kept it more or less
confined to an 8-foot square in the garden, which provides enough fresh
roots to have people threaten to report me as a toxic waste site!

Eeeeek :-) Pot prison it is, then.

Do you harvest it just as and when you want some, or at some particular
time of year?

Janet

Janet wrote:

Do you harvest it just as and when you want some, or at some particular
time of year?

Best when dormant, spring or fall, but I don't think a slight reduction in
strength would matter much.

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