If the soap nuts stay in the wash through the rinse cycle, dont they keep releasing soap?
Soap nuts do release saponin during the typically cold rinse cycle. However, the saponin is so benign it hurts nothing. In addition soap nuts leave little to no residue in your laundry, so you can actually reduce the length of your rinse cycle and save water and energy costs, too. Many people report not using ANY rinse cycle at all when washing laundry that is not very dirty with great results. That’s a HUGE savings of both water and energy – very green!
