Comfrey

[Karen Atkinson]

Apart from making fertiliser, is there anything else I can do with comfrey leaves? Just harvested a huge bunch today.

[Karen Atkinson]

[Robert_Brenchley]

Compost them. You get the goodness just the same.

[strawberry1]

I hang a net bag full in a water butt and I lay the leaves around potatoes, beans fruit.

[gavinjconway]

compost or line the potato trenches before planting (too late now)  or comfrey leaf tea..

[Susiebelle]

I also mulch the tomato bed with comfrey leaves.

[small]

line the potato trenches before planting 

Time for my comfrey story. 25 years ago I lined a bean trench with leaves and must have put a bit of root in there. Every year, still, some comfrey pops up in that place....

[Chrispy]

Comfrey can occasionally grow from just the leaves, I have had this happen.

You can either leave the leaves a few days before placing in your trench, or if they do start growing, just pull them out before they have a chance to get established.

[Flighty]

I let it flower as the bees love it, then cut right back and add to the compost heap. I do that three or four times a year.   

[Digeroo]

I use them for mulching up my potatoes and strawberries.  They are supposed to improve the taste of potatoes though I cannot say I have noticed any difference.