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Title: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: hazelize_uk on February 25, 2007, 23:39:56
Hi All i'm fairly new here and feel a bit cheeky asking but i'd love some horseradish, Comfrey, Jerusalem artichokes and borage.  If anyone has any spares I have lots of flower and veg seeds so hopefully i'll have something you may desire! :)  Very happy to send S.A.E etc
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 26, 2007, 07:37:40
I've nothing now, but I get borage growing like a weed on my plot; I'll have to save seed this year. This isn't the first request I've seen for it.
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: sawfish on February 26, 2007, 08:20:25
JUST SEND A BIG CHUNK OF COMFREY ROOT. THAT'LL WORK BETTER AND FASTER ANYWAY.
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: dandelion on February 26, 2007, 08:31:59
I have horseadish (it's my number 1 weed!). I'm very busy during the next two weeks, but if you're prepared to wait I will dig you some up .
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: tilts on February 26, 2007, 16:51:04
I can do JA's pm me with your address.
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: flowerlady on February 26, 2007, 16:59:43
I am usually over-run with borage ... if you would like some plants when they come through just let me know !  ;D
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: hazelize_uk on February 26, 2007, 17:38:19
ooh how lovely thanks for all your replies i'll set to pm - ing  ;D my OH has been moaning he's an A4A widow!!  :o he'll be well chuffed now!
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: dandelion on February 26, 2007, 17:42:05
Quote from: hazelize_uk on February 26, 2007, 17:38:19
ooh how lovely thanks for all your replies i'll set to pm - ing  ;D my OH has been moaning he's an A4A widow!!  :o he'll be well chuffed now!

How dare he? And you've only spent 8 hours and 35 minutes browsing A4A. That's nothing compared to some : http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,91/action,stats  ;D
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: hazelize_uk on February 26, 2007, 17:43:58
yes but that has been just over this weekend i think!! ha ha then i spent hours making paperpots i found on here too! never mind keeps me quiet i told him!!!
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: dandelion on February 26, 2007, 17:49:01
Quote from: hazelize_uk on February 26, 2007, 17:43:58
yes but that has been just over this weekend i think!! ha ha then i spent hours making paperpots i found on here too! never mind keeps me quiet i told him!!!

oops  :-[  I maybe partly to blame then 'cos I posted a link to the origami pots page once...
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: hazelize_uk on February 26, 2007, 17:50:40
yes i think it was you  ;D but they are looking lovely made about 4 dozen my fingers were black! trained the kids to do them now so they can get just as messy got a production line going now :)
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: saddad on February 26, 2007, 19:56:59
A have a very pretty variegated comfrey but I'm saving it for the plant sale... again Horseradish no probs... dig it out every year... it only encourages it! Borage "weeds" too....
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: hazelize_uk on February 26, 2007, 20:13:23
Basically i've asked to fill my plot with weeds!  :o
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: dandelion on February 26, 2007, 20:43:32
Yes that sums it up nicely  ;)!
By the way, I have the variegated comfrey too, but it's not as good as the regular kind for for using as a fertiliser.
Picture here: http://www.herrenkampergaerten.de/Stauden/symphytum.html (2nd one from the top) Symphytum grandiflorum 'Goldsmith'
Let me know if you like a little shoot of this too. I have plenty.
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: hazelize_uk on February 26, 2007, 22:24:15
Just been moaned at by my mum apparently the field next to her house is full of comfrey so no need to grow it i can use as much of the wild stuff as i like :)
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: flowerlady on February 27, 2007, 11:21:39
Dandelion would it be cheeky to ask if you had a shoot of Goldsmith to spare for me too ??  :-\
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: dandelion on February 27, 2007, 18:49:18
Flowerlady, just pm you address and I'll send you a bit at the end of March.

dandelion
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: Jitterbug on February 28, 2007, 19:59:13
Hello Dandelion

If you rememeber you very kindly sent me a root of horseradish last year which is still growing well.  I did however have it in a pot near my greenhouse and it was wonderful because at least once a week I would come out and a couple of slugs would be lying on their backs frothing.  Not sure it it killed them - lobbed them into the carpark on the other side of the fence. 

I will be taking root cuttings this we of 2.5cm each and potting them into smaller pots to place around my potatoe patch on the lottie this year - I believe it makes a good companion plant but needs to be contained.

Kind regards

Jitterbug
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: hazelize_uk on February 28, 2007, 22:14:39
do you still get enough root to eat some if you grow it in pots??  i'm addicted to the stuff i shove it on everything love it with fish but i've been told that the fresh stuff is awesome cant wait to try it and if it kills slugs too its a double winner :D
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: Biscombe on March 03, 2007, 19:26:19
Do you still need borage seeds? I have some ready to go..........
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: GYO city gardener on March 03, 2007, 22:59:24
Hi, I have accrued lots of different seeds and realised that I cannot grow them all.  Packets contain lots so I am happy to share some.  If anyone is looking for something particular, let me know and if i have it, I'll share it.  BTW, last year I saved seeds for Hungarian red pepper (one that you buy powdered in the supermarket-if anyone wants to try...)

visit my site at www.gyocitygardener.co.uk (ftp://www.gyocitygardener.co.uk)
Title: Re: Wanted! :) Horseradish,comfrey,JA & borage!
Post by: dandelion on March 27, 2007, 13:34:21
To everyone I promised horseradish: I've now dug some up and will post it tomorrow. If you haven't already pm'd me your address please do it now.

dandelion  :)