What to do with self-grown produce
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Question
Self-grown produce has grown in my yard, which is forbidden to eat. What should I do? On one hand, it is forbidden to destroy vegetables that grew in the Sabbatical year, but on the other hand, it is forbidden to maintain the self-grown produce, and they are forbidden to eat.
Answer
It is a mitzvah to uproot them, and after uprooting them, it is permitted to destroy them by hand.
Source
Self-grown produce forbidden to eat that grows in one's field should be uprooted as a mitzvah. The Chazon Ish was uncertain if it is permitted to destroy them by hand, and he suggested that although by Torah law they are sanctified with the sanctity of the Sabbatical year, since the Sages forbade them, it is permitted to destroy them by hand. Rambam (Shemita, Chapter 4, Halacha 18); Kesef Mishneh (ibid.); Chazon Ish (Shevi'it, Siman 9, Se'if 4, D.H. R.M.; Se'if 6, D.H. Vekeshetolshin); Azmera Leshimcha (Shemita, Gilyon 5).
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