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Posted by booacabbyl (U14298284) on Wednesday, 19th May 2010
I have 3 giant comfrey plants growing in the allotment.Whats the best thing to do with them?
Most common use is as a compost activator - just strew leaves in layers onto your compost.
You could also use them to line bean trenches, wrap them round potaotes when planting to give an extra food boost, and/or make a liquid feed by steeping them in a bucket of water.
Everything greeneddy said! Also let them flower as they are great bee attractors.
Thank you!
What is the best dilution to use for comfrey tea, is it 8 parts water to 1 part comfrey tea??
Somebody on our allotments is going to give me a plant or two of comfrey when is the best time to dig it up and replant it.
Beware! it is a fantastic spreader. Just plant a root, anytime.
Get a builders bag, and grow in there, stops it spreading.
I am a bit confused with comfrey! I thought they draw nutrients up from their deep roots, which can then make good compost/ liquid feed etc. But if grown in a container doesn't this prevent this happening?
I have been given a bit to grow on my plot, and at the moment it is in a pot while I work out where to put it! I want to give it a little room to grow but obviously don't want to to spread too far! So I thought about sinking a big pot or something with the bottom cut off, but how deep will I need to make it?
Would growing comfrey in a bag not defeat the purpose of growing it in the first place? (ie drawing up goodies from the sub soil)
I believe the correct ratio of dilution is 1 in 10, otherwise you could burn your plants.
just watch out when it seeds!this year we have hundreds of compfrey plants!
, in reply to message 12.
Posted by youngandallotmenting (U14434252) on Friday, 6th August 2010
...or just use 'bocking 14' which is a sterile variety, only propagated from root cuttings.
Yes - I also have lots of comfrey plants. I inherited comfrey when I bought the house and garden, and it is obviously not the Bocking 14 strain. It is virtually impossible to dig it up completely as the roots are so deep, so though I love being able to put loads of leaves in the compost, and I dunk a bag full of them in an old dustbin each year to make tea (beware - it stinks!) - I would stress that if you let it flower you should chop it down before any seeds start to spread.
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