Topic: Comfrey

[Andy H]

Wow that stuff grows fast, cut half a sack full already and it is suspended in the water butt and stinks!

I just fill my watering can from the butt tap and have the hose in the top,
will see how stuff grows this year!

Bees love the flowers!

[saddad]

You can get four cuts a year if it is growing well...  :)

[Andy H]

Yeah I just hack it back when its in the way. Or chop the lot down for the compo heap or a mulch on the beans.

Its one bit I cut into 3 last year, gave one third away and plant other 3rd on other plot.

[lillian]

I cut mine every 2 to 3 weeks and still can't kill it :-[

[macmac]

I used to put mine dry in an old bucket with holes in wedged inside another bucket covered .The comfrey used to drip liquid which I stored in milk containers,there was very little smell and it didn't take up much room.I now use a special little container that someone donated at the lottie.It works the same way but has a handy tap  ;)

[Andy H]

I had a piece of pipe with wire mesh in the bottom, the bottom was taped the end of a coke bottle. Cram comfrey in it and place jamjar on a string on top full of lead! Little lid on top to stop rain getting in, result was a black tomatorite type solution that I watered down, undo coke bottle lid with watering can underneath and free comfrey juice!

But it fell off the wall and smashed the jam jar! ???

So now its just the sack in a butt job! ;D

The latter stinks though! :-\