This is why we also use the hammer to dig the roots. Experiment Try cleaning roots gathered before, during and after the June-July season. Try the above three methods of cleaning roots. Willow and Cottonwood roots Cottonwood roots look good, but after they dry, the break by themselves. You can hear the popping noise as your birchbasket comes apart.
Willow roots are often good, but there are many different kinds of willows.
They can be gathered by pulling up willows on a sandbar, or collecting them as they hang from cutbanks. The only way to tell a good place for roots is to try many different locations. Some are long, some short. Some are tough and some break easily. Splitting Once the roots are gathered and cleaned, they also need to be split, as one end is thick and the other thin.