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Hi there, Gunnerbee is asking for comfrey and I know I have some just coming through.  New plot so I don't know how much I have.  How do I split some off or make a cutting so to speak so I can send some on, without killing it!!!!!
Thanks
Twirlie ???

I think you put your spade down the middle of the plant and break some off the crown.I had some on my old allotment and it spread everywhere. :)

As long as each piece has an eye or growing point on it...
;D

Thanks both of you.  How should I post it???  In the same way as Horse radish?  If so I'll wait and see how you've sent that.  Twirlie :)

When I got mine, the roots were wrapped in wetted paper towel and then placed in a poly bag inside a jiffy bag  :)...Package marked...Live Plants

QuoteHow do I split some off or make a cutting so to speak so I can send some on, without killing it!!!!!

Don't think they can be killed. Dig one up, fill the hole with soil, attack the root with a spade, share up the pieces. They will all grow, every last bit, and the remains that you failed to get out from the original spot will be back up in production 4-6 weeks later than normal.

Yes, it's a bit like asking, "How do I propagate convulvulous?" It spreads like a hyper-active tryffid!

I've got plenty in wrong places on my plot, but I looked the other day because I promised cardinalflower some roots and it's not showing through yet. (It will!!)

Quote from: Trevor_D on February 21, 2008, 07:45:49
but I looked the other day because I promised cardinalflower some roots and it's not showing through yet. (It will!!)

I promised cardinalflower some too.

I'm hoping mine will be showing in the next few weeks.

Hi Twirlie, Hi all,  :)

I was just reading, "More scenes from a smallholding" by Chas Griffin,

He describes how one inch chunks of comfrey root produce a healthy plant,
and quarter inch chunks, don`t.

I have two main, harvested comfrey plants, I find anything that gets broken off always grows and the parent plant always flourishes. They seem unkillable.

Col

Does that mean all I have to do is to cut the plant into quarter-inch chunks and it will die?

Bet I leave a half-inch bit three feet down which will creep up on me unawares in a couple of years time!

Beware the triffids...................it is hard to get rid of once you got it ;)

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Does that mean all I have to do is to cut the plant into quarter-inch chunks and it will die?[/quote]

He says quarter inch chunks produce leaves but then the plant fails to flourish.

As I wrote earlier

QuoteThey seem unkillable.

;D ;D Col