FREE: Comfrey, Russian Live Root Cutting (Bocking 14 Cultivar), organic

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I wonder how many of you have discovered the benefits of Russian comfrey (symphytum x uplandicum)? I have several plants in my garden. Works geart near the compost heap. It works wonderfuly as a plant feed.

Comfrey is a deep-rooted herbaceous perennial with large hairy leaves and purple flowers. Can be cut 3 or 4 times each season. Its leaves are rich in nitrogen and potash and can be added to compost heaps as an activator, applied to the soil around plants to provide nutrients or decayed in rainwater to produce a rich black - and smelly! - liquid feed.

The liquid feed is especially good for tomatoes and a mulch of comfrey leaves is great for currants and potatoes. I have heard that a layer of comfrey leaves in the bottom of your potato trench, with a layer of soil on top before you plant the potatoes, produced excellent results and I plan to experiment with that this year. A mix of chopped comfrey and leafmould, left to break down, is a great basis for home-made growing media.

Do not use it with acid-loving plants.

Comfrey is best planted in the spring (but any time in the growing season will do) with a good feed of manure or nitrogen-rich fertiliser. After that, a mulch of manure every couple of years will help it to thrive.

Plant directly in the ground were you want it, water and mulch to protect when you first plant it. I absolutly love this plant!

Comfrey doesn't do well in pots for an extended period, but it will survive in a pot for awhile. Don't overwater, and keep the plant in the light and give it sandy soil mixed with compost in a gallon or larger pot. It will try to send a root out the drainage hole of the pot and find some real dirt.

The leaves are also used for curing our goats of any intestinal ailment they may have.

If you would like to trade plants,I have many comfry roots, I am looking for wild elderberry plants, blueberry plants...etc. I may be interested in a plant you have and we might could trade.