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After the Harvest

Before processing begins, harvested plants undergo the first of many quality checks

After the fresh Echinacea plants are harvested, the roots of the 3-year-old plants are removed.

The root extract is a valuable component of Echinaforce_^�, making up 5% of the tincture.

A number of the plants are not harvested,

remaining in the fields for their seeds to ripen, to be collected for use in future years.

In February it's time to restart the yearly cycle practised for half a century - perpetuating the seeds that Black Elk gave us.

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