Anyone use a comfrey feed?

[kippers garden]

How often do you feed with a liquid feed made of comfrey and what veg do you use it on?

[kippers garden]

[manicscousers]

we use it on everything, like a vitamin tonic..rather like a seaweed liquid feed..we use it watered down on everything, every week, when things are really going..as per Bob flowerdew, with his seaweed liquid  :)

[MacArthur Park]

Manic,  do you spray it on the leaves or put into the soil?

[manicscousers]

we spray it on the leaves, bob says, spray it all over the soil and everything

[spacehopper]

We've got twelve bocking 14 comfrey plants in our patch, but some of them will need splitting in the winter, so the patch will be growing. We have been a bit cautious with it in previous years but plan to use it a lot more this year.

I enjoy reading Bob Flowerdew's articles but have an uncontrollable urge to pull his pigtail.  :-\

[manicscousers]

or cut it off !!  ;D ;D

[dandelion]

It is REALLY SMELLY   (The comfrey feed that is, not the pigtail  ;D)

[manicscousers]

yes, it does stink, we put nettles, dock leaves and roots in so ours is a real mixture..it seems to work though  ;D

I'd wait 'til he was asleep, then get the scissors  ;D

[okra]

It does absolutely stink but he peppers and tomatoes love it (usually feed weekly diluted in a watering can)

[cambourne7]

I have 4 pots ready for comfry, i have been given one plant from another allotment holder and i have some seed and i plan on filling all 4 pots so that i have loads.

never used comfrey but the smell is something i have been warned about.

[Trevor_D]

My wife's the expert on feeding (but she let's me be expert on digging & other heavy stuff!) and she reckons to water it (diluted) onto things like tomatoes & courgettes once a week. (Sort of organic Tomorite.) She also uses it on loganberries & asparagus. Anything where the plant makes top growth, rather than roots. Last year, I used the spent debris as a mulch around the globe artichokes: not sure if this actually did any good or not.

And it does smell revolting!!!!

[carloso]

I put a comfrey tea bag in my barrel (has 1/2 comfrey and 1/2 horse muck in there) and the secret bit is ..........


well use yours too lol

seems to work a treat a green up the plants an sgrow like mad  soo...

carloso

[Trixiebelle]

So can you mix comfrey and grass cuttings etc. to make feed?

And how much do you put in each gallon watering can to mix with water?

I put grass cutting feed (made last year in water butts) onto my onions last week and they've gone 'BOING'!

Stinks to high heaven ... YUMMY :D

[Trixiebelle]

And another question!

My comfrey plants are coming up lovely. If I cut the leaves now to add to the water butt feeds will they grow again, or should I leave them until they've flowered?

Thanks in advance

Trixie X

[tilts]

cut off the outside leave now, the inside leaves will continue to grow!

[Trixiebelle]

Thanks Tilts  :)

[Chris Graham]

Can you buy comfrey liquid?

Carried out a search but not having much luck.

[newbies]

I put comfrey leaves in a net bag in my water butt, and use that to fill up the watering can.
Only started to do it this year though, so we will see how it goes.  My Dad told me to do that, before he mentioned it, I thought I had a giant weed!

[asbean]

We've just made 40 litres from 1/2 a waterbutt filled with nettles.  We are planning to  get some comfrey plants too.  Thanks for the idea of putting the leaves in a net sack -  this didn't occur to us, so I was in charge of filtering the stuff as we poured it into the containers.  We had to use face masks soaked in aftershave, the smell was so disgusting.  The waterbutt still stinks, and the neighbours are not too happy.

[Trevor_D]

We are planning to  get some comfrey plants too.

I'm not sure you need as many as "some". Once you've got it, you won't ever get rid of it. It has a long brittle tap-root which breaks off when you try to pull it up, plus flowers which spread seed. It comes up everywhere on my plots: grape bed, potatoes, paths, compost heap (and no, I didn't compost the roots!). At least it's very useful, but we still treat it like a weed.