The comfrey plants grown from roots (sent to me by froglegs-thanks again!) are grwoing well and the strongest is about 4ft tall now. How do I know when to cut it?
Anytime now... before they flower... :)
Can I but in and ask why before they flower? ;D
I cut mine after flowering as the bees love it!
Mine flowers early - from the end of April - so I have to then wait until after the bees have had their fun.
Probably won't cut down the main crop until July as a result
Some Comfrey self seed easily, so cutting before flowering stops you having loads all over the place... Some like Bocking 14 don't which is one of it's advantages... :-\
I've got a plant but I don't know if it's Bocking 14 or ordinary comfrey...got it from garden centre as herb just labelled comfrey. Is there a way of telling?
Cut it yesterday-and leave the container next to some sweet peas-well something has to mask the pong???
Well, mine is already flowering,but it is Bocking 14 so that's ok. Do I cut it right down to the ground?
Cut mine last week. It goes over naturally after it's flowered. Popped it all on the compost heap. I get a second cut later in the summer.