Topic: Bocking Comfy

[Hector]

Bocking comfry.......anyone need a bit?

[BarriedaleNick]

Ha - My lovely wife ordered some for my birthday and it has just turned up 6 weeks later but thanks for the offer!  We had both forgotten about it.
Not sure where to put it or how big it gets so any advice would be appreciated.

[Nora42]

Hi I would love some please shall I pm you my address.
Do I have anything you would like to swap?
Nora

[Hector]

Nora, I think I'm ok..folk shared most things I needed last year.but thanks for the offer. send me your address :)

 Nick...I'm moving mine as it get a lot wider than I expected! It has grown tall/ about four foot and three foot wide :)
I would say plant it somewhere you don't want to shift it from, as we are having to dig like miners to get all the root out...a friend told us that it will re sprout if we don't ......and we are putting a border where it is now.
I've got it in a semi shaded spot that gets full sun for a few hours each day.

[InfraDig]

Yes, please!

[Hector]

infradig, Pm me your address :)

[chriscross1966]

If there's any left canm I ask for a peice?.... I've got lots of veg plants if you're interested, including some Yacon and globe artichokes...

[Hector]

You are welcome, Pm me :)

 I'm sending out tomorrow as better get it out before bank holiday. Am I right to leave a wee stem of greenery.  It has quite fibrous root...some have wee bits of white roots...is it only the bits with white roots that are ok...or is black root wit less of fine white roots ok too :)


Same with Lovage...I don't want to send rubbish :)

[Hector]

Can anyone advise before I post them!  As above :)

[gavinjconway]

Just root is fine... but some greenery on it is also ok..

[susan.curtis.908]

hi  i know this might be an odd request. But have any one got any photos of comfrey out in flower be cause i think theres some growing on  disused piece of ground near to me, and b4 i " borrow a piece. I want to make sure its what i think it is ..... thanks

[grannyjanny]

Susan if you Google comfrey you'll be able to see pictures of it. I used to get it mixed up with balsam .

[Hector]

Everyone who has Pm-ed...your Comfry has been posted and wrapped like a Mummy :)

[chriscross1966]

Thanks for the offer and I hope I haven't been too late responding

[Hector]

All Comfry etc sent out a few days ago....same with Lovage. I'm potentially away a few days. for person whose parcel took five days to arrive...I'm in a hurry as late to go to caravan...if it croaks...let me know. I've kept a bit I can send when I get back :)

[chriscross1966]

Many thanks, my bit arrived whlst I was away but have retreived it adn got it in a big pot at the moment Many many thanks :D

[Hector]

You are more than welcome :) Susan...if you want a bit, Pm am me :)

[chriscross1966]

It is remarkably tough, my bit had been given a hard time by the post office and then sat in its parcel in the office for several days before I got to it, but now it's a helathy looking plant in a pot... it's had a bit of a holiday when 9along with some tomatoes adn mint, also in pots) I had to take it down to  Glastonbury with me (it was quicker to do that than try to sort out another auto-watering feed)... chrisc