HOW to make COMFREY fertilizer At Home- The Very BEST Way!
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- Check out my new book that you can pre-order now. Simplify Vegetable Gardening will be available on 16th Feb 2024. Pre-order now to be the first to get a copy of this book that has all my personal tips. geni.us/Simpli... Making your own organic plant food means you can take control of your garden. Comfrey is an Organic fertilizer and mineral accumulator. I have made this video called organic plant food - free best organic plant fertilizer in order to show you the benefits of not only growing Comfrey but also making Comfrey tea. Comfrey Tea is packed with nutrients and minerals as this plant draws them up from the depths of the soil that most plants just can not reach.
To make the best organic plant food you need a variety of Comfrey called Bocking 14, this variety is sterile and can not become an issue as Comfrey can become invasive. As Bocking 14 is sterile it can only be propagated by root division making it a perfect plant to make organic plant food from. Comfrey tea is free to make and is perfect to use at the flowering and fruiting part of a plants life. It boosts the immune system of the plant at what is a very stressful time, It provides it with the minerals needed to produce great looking flowers and fruits. Taking control of your garden by making your own organic plant food means that you are not putting chemicals into your soil and contaminating your ground killing all the good bacteria and soil web life that we as gardeners work so hard to build up.
Comfrey, The Bocking 14 variety can be used in other ways, it can be used as the best organic fertilizer just by adding the leaves to the bottom of trenches and burying them to rot down where they will release their vital nutrients and minerals. In this episode of Organic Plant Food - Free Best Organic Plant Fertilizer I show you two methods of making Comfrey Tea and Comfrey concentrate, this means that it is easy to store and can be easily watered down to the correct strength later when required.
Comfrey Organic Plant food can also be used to activate an Organic compost pile, Instead of using water for the moisture you could use a comfrey tea, this will add nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to the compost, greatly boosting the content of the compost and giving the bacteria what it requires to produce a better overall organic compost.
All this comes from a miracle organic plant food. Comfrey, in my opinion, is the free best organic plant fertilizer for your garden. Watch the video Organic Plant Food - Free Best Organic Plant Fertilizer now to see exactly how to do it and I have a bonus build within the video to show you how to build your very own Comfrey tea pipe which will help you get the best organic plant food ever.
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Excellent video Tony! :-)
another great video, just found the channel and have been watching a lot of your videos.
i have been aware for years about nettle and comfrey tea as fertiliser, but the pipe is a ne one on me, so my question is? would the pipe work with nettle too is are the leaves too dry?
When I had an allotment plot I planted quite a few comfrey plants along one plot boundary. This was for myself and plot neighbour to use as and when. It didn't run riot as it was a variety named "Bocking 14". It being sterile and not prone to root creep makes it ideal for us gardeners. I used chopped leaves in my potato trenches and shredded loads of it into small barrels to decompose, both aerobically and anaerobically. Brilliant stuff. Just a tiny garden now so only a couple of plants.
I posted the above before I'd watched all of the video. Sorry. That pipe idea seems brilliant. The small number of plants I have might just be enough to use in this way. Thanks.
Great idea, is it possible to dry the leaves to use as a soil amendment? Thanks
To make my comfrey liquid I use a small rain butt with a tap and a tight fitting lid to keep the insects out. It holds an amazing amount of fresh comfrey. As the comfrey disintegrates, it turns into a rich brown liquid which can be drawn off via the tap. It is quite a lot stronger than comfrey tea made in a bucket with water. For seedlings and young vegetables, I usually add a cup of comfrey liquid to a full watering can. As the plants grow bigger I add two cups of comfrey.
how do you prevent the comfrey sludge / leaves etc from clogging the tap?
I do the same/similar. I use a 30ltr carbouy made for homebrewing. It has a tap about an inch up from the bottom. You can fit mesh or even use a sludge cap ( sediment reducer) inside to hold leaves back.
You can buy a cheap air lock to remove odour. Or stick a piece of carbon filter inside to stop smells coming from the tub.
Easy peasy 😊
I add a bit of molasses to help break it down.
Brilliant and very polished! You really should be on main stream TV. Keep up the good work...
Thanks Michael. Mainstream couldnt put up with how many takes each part takes me lol. Lets just say the intro in this video took 18 attempts before I was happy lol
Comfrey tea pipe is genius - great way to maximise space - being black and if in a sunny spot the leaves will break down even quicker
I have a 5 gallon food grade bucket with a spigot on the bottom to make Comfrey Tea. I put a mesh screen on the bottom of the bucket with it bent up over the spigot, then fill the bucket with Comfrey leaves and water to brew. Periodically I take 3 cups of the liquid out of the spigot to add to the watering to fertilize the vegetables. I can add more water to the bucket and keep the tea brewing for some time.
I make comfrey salve for cuts, sprains, and even used it on my grandson’s broken ankle
Never knew Comfrey use for fertiliser. I ate Comfrey throughout my pregnancy. Walked miles, glowing skin, hair other health benefits of liver cleansing and strong skeleton structure. Lost 15kilos after 9mths of eating and drinking tea comfrey. One for the garden and body. Cheers😄😃
2 years after the above comment was posted, but in case anyone has just come across it, like me, here’s a warning. It has been scientifically confirmed that comfrey is dangerous if ingested.
“ it has toxic substances called pyrrolizidine alkaloids that damage the liver and can lead to death. Comfrey is no longer sold in the U.S., except in creams or ointments. The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Germany also have banned the sale of oral products containing comfrey.”
I didn’t know you could eat the leaves. Do you pick them when they are really young?
Great video, Tony. I love to grow and use comfrey in the garden. I do exactly as you do, but I wasn't familiar with the pipe method. Thanks. I'll have to try it.
Its great really concentrated black juice much easier to store
Hi Scott, love your videos too, especially the raised beds information.
Awesome tips thank you 🙏 I’m a newbie to garden life and I’m finding all your shared wisdom absolutely fabulous ❤️🙏 ... I’m also finding the gardening community to be full of beautiful sharing souls ❣️😘
I’d already realised the benefits of comfrey in herbal form topically applied to broken bones which they majorly helped to knit against all odds and prevented metal plates ⚡️I didn’t realised that comfy was the godfather of the plant world 😂 ... my gardening goals are organic and I’m now off in search of a comfrey plant 🪴 thanks again 💫.
good day to you Tony !! fantastic advice and information on how to make comfrey tea and a comfrey pipe to collect the rich fertilizer !! 👨🌾🎥👍✝
Thanks again 50 shades, I knwo i have asked before but whats your name Ive had so many I have forgotten
What a great video again Tony. Comfrey is such a great herb plant with many uses
Thanks, Yes it's a brilliant plant :)
I have been growing and using this for year it’s great stuff. All my fruit and veg (especially brassicas) love the stuff. On fruit bushes and tree it gives a great start to the growing season however don’t use to mush as it priorities foliage growth and not fruit growth
Great tips Mr Winfield
Anyone know a tea mix to make that's good for flowering? (high in Phosphorus and Potassium) I wonder if Nettles would have better P-K values.
Comfrey tea is amazing, I mix in plastic containers with lids. Every second batch I use half comfrey and half nettles. I especially use these on my tomatoes and the brews seem to work well.
Very knowledgeable gardener . You should be on BBC Wales , so easy to listen to . You are now my man to go to for all my gardening wants👍
Thank you Noel. Appreciate your support
I'm really new to gardening and just came across your video looking for organic alternatives to store bought fertilizers. Great advice just ordered bocking 14 root cuttings to plant. It'll be useful for me and the bees :)
Sofia thats great. Also nettle is a great source of nitrogen, comfrey is good at flowering or fruiting stage
Great idea this pipe. Thanks for the top tip tony
Glad you enjoyed it mate, You and Mick will have to get some set up now pal
This guy is The MacGyver for Engineering Gardening Supplies ! Many thanks for sharing these great tips.
Thanks :)
A great video I do go comfrey and I fill a dustbin up and make a concentrate and I am planning to fill up a few more and I have also got around 150 litres of concentrate in my garage and I also make a banna peel fertiliser and also have bins full of pernious weeds and use the juice of these also
Thanks Tony, back again, I'm looking for some comfrey.
Love the tube idea 👍
We have Bocking 14 all around the garden. The bees do love it and so do I for fertilizing my tomatoes, peppers and aubergines. I just use the bucket method so far and while it is stinky, it certainly does the job.
Yes Valerie it is great stuff
I first planted comfrey last year after hearing PermaPasturesFarm rave about it. I have common comfrey, Bocking 4 and 14. Hoping it grows large and lush like yours. Chickens nailed all the leaves last fall, but it’s coming back up this spring. I got rid of the free range chickens too. They also ate my tomatoes!
Your garden will thank you
The comfrey tea pipe is such a great idea, with easy instructions too!
Hi Diane. Thanks I am glad it came across as an easy to do project, Its not hard
A neat and tidy design for the comfrey pipe. When doing a project using parts that you can purchase....how about giving a rough cost estimate as well? Nice one mate 👍🏻😀
I had the pipe here mate, the rubber reducer was £7.49 which had the jubilee clips on it, the plastic plant pot was 95p and the cap was also £6.50 so the whole pipe cost me about £15 there are cheaper alternatives though, the cap could be just a plain cap at around £3 and a plastic reducer would have been about £3 too hope that helps
Thats great and if you can get hold of the stuff you need for free i am all for that, some parts i didnt want to wait for as wanted to make the video and the comfrey would be killed by upcoming frosts so had to get on with it mate
Been using Comfrey for quite a while now and its thanks to you for some of your old videos Tony, the Comfrey pipe I made was completely made from recycled materials at a cost of a couple of pounds. Very informative video.
🌱Happy Gardening To You And All My Viewers And Subscribers, Terry.
Cheers Terry, Glad you grew it. its a fantastic feed. Hows the bananas working for you?
@@simplifygardening after killing my onions one year I now add 1 part out of 10 in my magic mix then 1 food to 10 water, which has given me all the crops this year without me buying any fertilisers including blood fish and bone. Got the manure bin run off to add to the mixes for next year. Will have different mixes for the giants, hoping to beat my personal bests with the experience gained.
Good stuff mate. I have some hard PBs to beat next year. but im working on them lol
What a brilliant use of comfrey. I'd love to make a comfrey tea pipe. Really useful video Tony . Thank you. 🌱🌳🌻🌼
Thanks Anna, A very good way to use the leaves and get fantastic liquid food from it, It has a small footprint too so not in the way and is very cheap and easy to make. Anyone can make a pipe
@@simplifygardening. Thank you
Anytime Anna
This video is very very practical lesson.
I have used comfrey to make organic fertiliser and it is very very efficient.
Thank you for sharing this video.
Wishing the best for You.
Thanks, Eddie. I am glad you enjoyed it and found it valuable :)
Blessings and thank you for sharing Tony
Thanks Linda, really appreciate it
Soooo clever - I'd never heard of this! Will try - probably saw my hand off though!
Hi there. We have an abundance of comfrey here on our croft. I am realising the benefits of it both for therapeutic purposes and also for our polly tunnels. Will be making much more use of the massive amount that we have here. Thanks for the video and hope you are doing well right now! Cheers.
Sounds great!
I just got Comfrey root cuttings today! I watched your video from an iCard on another video!
I shall be making your comfrey pipe asap. Looks like a brilliant idea, thank you so much
Great video. I have my own channel on here and from an editing point of view, sometimes it goes unnoticed how much time and effort goes into making a video like this. All the b-roll to supplement each point you're making with various camera angles etc. Brilliant mate
More great Ideas and tips thanks Tony.
Plenty here Fred keep digging mate, new video tomorrow too
I grew comfrey for about 3 years and I to make comfrey tea my plants love it
It is brilliant stuff Phill
Great video Tony , thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very coool ❤❤❤
It’s August 24. Can I start growing compost for next year? In NJ. It might freeze
In my area, it takes until well into the year before comfrey has enough leaves to produce the tea. So, can I make tea one season, strain it into jugs and store it over winter until the next growing season?
Your accent is similar to my relatives who live near Aberaeron / Lampeter. Are you from the west coast area mate?
Hey Tony I have been thinking about growing this plant i tend to use the old school of have big buckets one with fish guts and stuff like that and some with nettles and grass and any leave from different stuff but they smell lol as most people that do the same will know so a quick question dose this method you are doing have a strong smell?
Always use comfrey the pipe is a great idea
They are a great way to really concentrate it meaning you can store much more, comes out black like the old babybio
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Glad it was of interest to you
Nice, a bit hi tech for me but a great idea.
Its just a pipe Erica, it can be a s simple or complicated as you like :)
My comfrey pipe is inside the greenhouse. I think the extra warmth may speed up the decomposition of the leaves, though I have occasionally had to add a sprinkling of water to encourage it. The chap who introduced me to the system called it a space ship, so that is how I always refer to it! I have always tried to allow flowering, but remove the old flowers before they seed, as it was in situ before I got the plot and I doubt it is sterile.
Thats a very smart move Pam. I dont keep it inside only because it can smell and in warmer weather can attract fruit flies. outside you wont even notice them.
Hi Tony, if you’ve got some spare time can you give us an update on how your leaf mould is developing? Many thanks. Chris.
Chris I used most of it in June i do have a few buckets left and will be doing another leaf mould video shortly so stay tuned mate
Thank you Tony. 👍🏻
Anytime :)
Wow Tony! I really liked this video; thanks. I've never grown comfrey but going to try, although I don't have a huge space. I am interested in the tea and use as organic nutrient to the soil. Very exciting.😊👍🌱
Melody use this for any fruiting or flower plant at that time, anything else u can use nettle exactly the same way
Thank you for a great video.
I'm guessing it's safe to assume that growing Comfrey in a container wouldn't afford it the ability to pull the nutrients it would need to be an effective fertilizer considering that the tap root wouldn't be in the ground. Is this assumption correct?
The idea of having organic fertilizer that I can grow and make my own tea is very appealing.
Nice 👍
Thanks, appreciate it. Tony
I took my comfrey cuttings last autumn. I'm hoping to start making comfrey tea next year..............brian
Excellent you wont know yourself and will have such great healthy plants
Great video Tony!
I wish you’d stop with all the useful video’s though! You’re giving me more work to do 😂😂
Bye for now, Rachael
Oh dear, Sorry Rachael. I'll try and tone it back for you lol
UK Here We Grow 😂😂 thanks!
No Problem Rachael, Anytime
you can also use NETTLES for the same purpose and they are just as effective as comfrey,and thebest part of this method is you don t use valuable garden growing space or effort growing you crop or buy seeds,just go for a walk and using a pair of shears cut as much as you need. use in exactly the same way as comfrey.please remember the country code and securely close all gates that you use.good growing folks paul.
Paul nettles are high in nitrogen so good for the early growth of a plant or leafy greens, comfrey is high in potassium better for when plant fruit or flower, they both great feeds for either different plants or different times in a plants life
Yes they would mix well, but would also really boost a compost or vermicompost tea. just something to think about
I use nettles till June then turn to comfrey till sept works for me last 15 years just a thought 👍👍
@@grahamthomas6283 Nettle is for green growth so while plants are putting on growth but as soon as they flower and start to fruit then time to switch
Great stuff as usual i will definitely do this with comfrey. Im assuming you wouldnt want to dig the comfrey back in with the roots on??? What is the green manure plants that ive heard you grow it then dig it in??
Very interesting and I just shared it with my sister.
Thanks Shirley you are a star :)
I would like to find out if Comfrey Tea (in the correct concentrate of course) can be used as an organic additive to a Hydroponic system?
Thats something ive never tried Freddie might be worth looking at
Excellent video 👍
Thanks
There’s comfrey growing under a giant lime tree outside our house.... mmm. On it. Thanks for the tip!!
That's great! DOnt plant it in your garden unless its bocking 14 otherwise it can become invasive
@@simplifygardening Yes Sir! I just took some leaves.
Rhubarb has exactly the same effect. Plus side is you can also eat it. ( Truth is docks have deeper roots than comfrey and so probably bring up more minerals than comfrey, nettle tea is a whizz also.)
My bible is a book by Lawrence D. Hills who was Directory of the Henry Doubled society which researched chemical free gardening. He lived in Bocking.
Such an inspirational fella. with fantastic ideas
@helon4wheels thanks Helon
A+
Hi Tony really enjoyed watching this video as ive purchased my first bocking 14 comfrey plants, your video was very imformative but i had wondered with you saying you can crop plants 4 times a year is that done before or after flowering to be able to crop 4 times a year thank you.
You would need to harvest before the flowering stage for 4 crops, But I have had 3 crops this year leaving them to flower
Thank you Tony for replying very much appreciated.
@@stephaniebryant2958 No Problem Stephanie. I always try to respond to comments, although it may take a few days, As I am sure you can appreciate I get loads of them every day
@@simplifygardening I can Tony imagine how busy you are so to find time to answer my question and other peoples is appreciated.
Wish you all the best.
Thanks 😉👍
I love this pipe idea! @simplifiedgardening... when or after how long would you take out the compressed leaves inside the pipe? Thank you
I saw one video where this gardener make what he called Comfrey cake. It was black so I assume it was rotted Comfrey from the pipe. He kept some damp and mulch-like - and dried some to add it to other plants/amendments/ potions.
Wonderful thank you
Thanks, glad it was of interest, Appreciate you taking the time out of your day to leave a comment. Tony
My mum uses comfrey oil for her arthritis and it's highly effective. (Do be careful with that drill though lol)
Thanks Mika appreciate the warning 😉👍
Love the pipe idea! One question, with the bucket method you said mix 10:1 with water, when using the more concentrated feed out of the pipe what is the correct ratio mix with water?
That would be more like 25/1 Graham it comes out of there like black treacle and is very concentrated
Thanks!
Music was too cheesy mate but some good tips there. Comfrey is great to plant in different parts of the garden whether it becomes a weed or not as you simply chop and drop. Great mulch and the worms just pull it down at night. Best to put it in the compost bins though as mulching with leaves on soil encourages slugs and snails.
Thanks for your feedback Harvey. Its all a learning curve and its funny when YT promotes your older content things get drawn back up lol
So do I add water to get the leaves fermenting? and how will i know when the leaves are finished? i guess they are flushed through before starting again? or just topped up with more leaves?? Thanks interesting video I'll give it a try when I'm certain of what I'm doing
Comfrey leaves completely disintegrate in the process as they are mostly water anyway.
how long do we need to keep comfrey leaves in water until the water becomes organic fertilizer? and do we need to mix that water with clean water too? and if yes what is the ratio?
10 water x 1 part comfrey juice tea. Leave it for 4 to 6 weeks
Have Bocking 14 ,but didn't understand why it wasn't multiplying .Now I know haha.
Ha Ha Richard. dig up some root and cut it into sections if you want more plants
Great video, I need ur advise I'm starting to keep hydrangea and I've got loads of comfry after years back watching ur video.. But I read blood fish and bone or will comfry do the job hope u help me m8 cheers
GT information and update question what's your thoughts on chicken pellet tea???? 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Graham, Never even thought about it. Would be high in nitrogen and would be good for leaf growth, how high im not sure, be careful you don't burn your plants with it. SOmething worth looking into though
Thank you x
Thanks
Hi Tony, really great design work there, but I worry about this as a solution for anyone who's self-sufficient in veg, as they will only be getting nutrients that are already in the ground in their little patch of land. In our case this land is also very sandy - effectively sand dunes - so the comfrey's deep roots go into sand. I prefer to get my added nutrients from far and wide, to make sure that I am getting a varied mix, as a result rock dust, manures and seaweed seem to be a good bet. What do you think? I'm guessing you eat mostly fruit and veg from your plots, do you actively try and diversify the nutrients you add to the soil? : All the best - Steve
Steve this isn't an only comfrey option mate, I bring in manures woodchips nettles seaweed leaves and all sorts of other nutrients, this goes into my soil, the comfrey gets this back out to make into a fertilizer for other things, I make my own compost and worm castings too this is then used to make worm tea which is full of all sorts of things. Remember mate gardening isn't a case of 1 thing answers all questions, but on a channel like mine, I show folks lots of different ways in which to do the same thing. That way folks have a choice. I do use comfrey every year though and it works in symbiosis with everything else I do
Perfect, I just worry sometimes when I see people trying to get everything out of the same patch of soil, using green manures, comfrey, nettles and the like, without putting a wide variety of external inputs in. As expected you have it covered! : All the best - Steve
agreed
This is great, thank you for making the video! can i ask how long you store the pipe liquid for?
it drains into the bucket and will keep for 2 years
Thanks for the video buddy. The pipe method is so much better than the smelly bucket! Can the process the simplified and sped up by using a juicer? Or does the juicing process destroy some of the nutrient that your drainpipe method would preserve? TIA.
It coverts the phosphorus and potassium into other compounds not required, better to rip and then wait.
@@simplifygardening Thx for the quick reply! Have you tried the same setup with nettle to get some high nitrogen fertilizer? It seems nettle could take a much longer time to breakdown without water.
This is a great video and I'm in the process of making my own comfrey pipe. I do wonder though: I am unsure of the quantity of comfrey juice + water when using? I wondered if there was some kind of colour chart for strength? Like Stella, Bitter or Guinness etc?
If your making a tea, then its 10/1 but if concentrated like from the pipe then about 100ml per watering can
@@simplifygardening ok great thanks! is that a 5litre watering can ?
OK U.K....here we grow again! Now let me see...
Oh, right, well I was wondering what my wife was doing with that big pipe... in the garden. And all around that big bushy green plant with purple flowers? And then I realized why my "tights," went missing!! Now I know where my tights went. 😭 My favorites too, the purple ones. 😤 It's all beginning to make sense. 😯 I need a cup of Comfrey tea. 🍵😏
lol, Christopher got to keep hold of your tights when you have gardeners around. These were my daughter's tights from last years Halloween party, they had black spiders on them above the toe section I cut off. Good on your misses stealing yours lol :)
UK Here We Grow Gotta have a sense of humor Tony!
All joking aside, another great, in depth, informative video.
Good stuff buddy.
Keep sharing the knowledge.
Cheers Christopher, glad you found it amusing as did i lol
Can the tea be used on lawns? Great series of vids!
Yes it can be used for most things. But greens like lawns would benefit much more from a nettle tea as its packed with nitrogen
What is the npk for comfrey....I noted you use it for your tomato plants and said it was 6-24-24 roughly.
Seems quite high?
I’m wondering if you can also use comfrey tea for indoor plants....would be so grateful for any info. Love your videos, thanks.
Tom yes you could but if your talking about your house I wouldnt It does smell when applied, I would stick to a tomato feed indoors
UK Here We Grow . Thanks for your reply.. I’m stingy and baby bio etc costs a lot when you have house plants in every room, so I wouldn’t really mind if there was a smell. So could I give a weak watering to plants like succulents and palms , prayer plants etc.,? Thanks for taking your time to reply so quickly....
@@TomTom-df9ph Yes its a perfect feed to use just make it light and the smell should dissipate relatively quickly
UK Here We Grow thank you so much. This will save a fair amount of cash. I got a root of comfrey from the side of a stream and grew it in a huge thick plastic like barrel . It soon multiplied I’m pleased to say. Thanks again....
@@TomTom-df9ph Be careful with that tom Comfrey can be invasive, dont let that one flower and set seed. To not have to worry about it try and get a variety called bocking 14 this is sterile and can only be propagated by root division
Where can I buy comfrey?
I would like to ask if you can make a fertiliser from common garden weeds, dandelion, docs etc and if so how do you what it is high in eg Nitrogen/Potash etc.
Yes Tracy place them in a container of water let them rot down and use that to water
@@simplifygardening Thank you, would this produce a nitrogen rich fertiliser, just so i know what i can use it for. Thank you.
You said the basic tea was 10:1. What would you recommend as the ratio for the other one?
Great video new to comfrey going to try it . a friend in the village gave me some small potted comfrey don’t know wether to put into bigger pots or just put in garden ? Any ideas ? Not sure if it’s the 14 variant that doesn’t spread any way of telling? Thanks in advance
Straight in the ground
@@simplifygardening thanks done
I have lots of comfrey plants but up u ntil now have only been using it as a chop a nd drop. I like the idea of comfrey tea and thing I will try to set that up this weekend. How long do you let it sit in the bucket with water? I am assuming that you then strain it out into another bucket. What ratio of cmfrey juice to water do you use?
Hi Cathie, it takes about 6 weeks in the bucket and a little longer in the pipe as there is no water in the pipe to help it rot down, its all done by the weight of the bottle and compression. tea from bucket 10/1 and tea from pipe 25/1
You are very sweet Tony thank you for a lovely video. One question - the comfrey pipe, you missed out the concentration/dilution with water (you said you’d need less that method 1 which was 10:1). Also I have a small allotment only 100m2 so no space for comfrey I’m afraid :( any ideas?
Sorry Salvatore La Monica, The liquid that comes out of the pipe is very concentrated its like black treacle when in the container, use it in a ratio of around 25 parts water to 1 part comfrey liquid
UK Here We Grow that’s wonderful! I love that it’s so concentrated. Don’t be sorry. I love your videos and enthusiasm. Thank you.
Thanks really appreciate your kind comments :)
I made some used it on clematis they didn't like it any ideas perhaps to strong of mix? they all but died
Mine went nuts with it. check out my latest video. water it down more it may have been too strong Sorry for the late reply
can you use alkanet in the same way please?
I believe so
I grow Comfrey and make tea from it my plants lov it can you do more vids on it pliz thanks
I have about 6 other videos on Comfrey but will be doing a series next year so keep tuned Phill
Hi, Tony! I live in Berlin and I've been growing comfrey bocking 14 for three years now. I set the three of my plants under apple trees. Sadly their leaves never get much larger than my hands and I have never been able to gather enough leaves to make comfrey tee. Do you know why? Could it be our very poor sandy soil? Do they need full sun? Looking forward to your answer. Thank you.
Hi Chen. Yes they need light and water. The tress are stealing both. Dig them up and move them into bright area with somewhere thats not gonna lose moisture to quickly
Thank you for the quick answer, Tony! Is it still possible to transplant them and make some root divisions at this time of the year? Or do I have to challenge my patience and wait until spring? Thanks!
Comfrey needs a lot of water.
Now that you've been using this pipe for a year, would you change anything about the design? I'm about to make one and current looking around for parts
No it works perfectly
I was told to put the comfrey leaves in a pair of tights and to suspend that in a water barrel. Not tried it yet but have lots of comfrey to get rid of and some blue barrels to use on our plot. Has anyone tried it that way?
Yeah just a bigger version of the bucket we used in the video
Thanks sharing this video about comfrey.I have some questions, how will this plant replenish itself if the leaves are harvested to fertilize else where. Will the soil be depleted eventually after time in the same spot? As I was thinking to plant them under fruit trees as a ground cover, will that take all the goodness from the soil from the fruit tree?
The plant sends down its tap roots further each year tapping into new layers of nutrients, I also mulch these in the winter which also puts nutrients into the soil. Most of the surface layers where most plants get their nutrients from are not affected by this plant. I have had these plants for the last 10 years with absolutely no issue with them, 4 times a year I cut them to the ground and they come back perfectly
@@simplifygardening Many thanks for your answer, it's a great help.
Anytime :)
Some folks do but i think it would ruin your lawn
@@simplifygardening i put my bocking 14 comfrey into an old asparagus bed 30 years or so ago... 1 doz plants have spead to 16 so not too bad and i cut every may/june/july/august to make my tea .... still growing strong and as already stated the bees love it.
You forgot to mention that it STINKS! lol ;)
lol yes it does Sorry for the late reply
I bought some Comfrey Bocking 14 from eBay but now that it is growing the flowers are white. Do you think I've been mis-sold? Thanks
Bocking 14 always has purple flowers, only Tuberous Comfrey has creamy white flowers it seems to me you have been missold
If you want free comphrey try canal paths grows there naturaly
Yes a great place to get it, remember though dont let this stuff go to seed :)
hi do sale fresh comfrey leaves
I thought that anything that was anaerobic and that smelled bad shouldn't go in the soil
cause you are breading bad bacteria, I once had a big tub full of weeds left in water for a
long time and it stunk so I buried it way down in my soil 40cm and then planted my tomatoes,
that year my soil was full of root not nematodes which killed every plant, so I had to replace
all my soil
You can make a concentrate of the comfrey without adding water. Fill a container with the comfrey and weight it down with a heavy rock on top of another lid of some kind. Put a lid on it. Drill some holes for air on the sides, but water won't get in the top with your lid on it. After a few weeks all you will have left is a clear, amber liquid concentrate that does NOT stink.
Good info. No comfrey around here. :-p
You should get some Edie
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Hey Oddo, What a nice smiley face you have :)
Thanks Tony
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Just wait till the flowers begin to wane a bit, then chop them before they drop seeds.
This is Bocking 14 the strain is sterile and any seed will never germinate. It can only be propagated by root division
@@simplifygardening true but I can use the heirloom variety. Just have to harvest before seeds drop UNLESS I want to gather the seeds and sprinkle them around an enemy's property (LOL)