Juice veggies but puree fruit?

[DebB]

Do you grow dandelion green Georgina? I've picked them from my yard, but that's about it for me.

What I juice now I get at the store and they are beauties! I should try and just eat one and see...

[MysticTree]

Do you grow dandelion green Georgina? I've picked them from my yard, but that's about it for me.

What I juice now I get at the store and they are beauties! I should try and just eat one and see...

no I don't really except those that grow themselves. I don't like the taste much ... I should try harder and be braver.

[DebB]

Almost painless using the plug the nose method and followed by a bit of water. Bottoms up!

[MysticTree]

Almost painless using the plug the nose method and followed by a bit of water. Bottoms up!

I think I'll start easy when it come to dandelions - you can eat every bit of a dandelion btw ... I might try juicing the flowers too.

[Tannim]

you might like them even more forced under a heavy clay pot ... less bitter so they say.

when do you cover them and for how long?

[MysticTree]

when do you cover them and for how long?

Sow the seeds in spring and allow to grow through until next spring when you cover the leaves with a clay pot or box for 10 days. The plants should be about 9 inches apart and do not blanch after about June (in the UK at any rate) because the plant needs to put on leaf to get it through the winter for blanching next year.

Unless you have lots and lots of space I would not treat dandelions as a cropping plant particularly and you need to be careful not to let them flower or you will have them everywhere.

Please note:
I do not know how or even if blanching affects nutrition. That is a subject for Googling I think - it makes the dandelions more palatable.