The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: Fluffywelshsheep on May 31, 2008, 10:07:42 am
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Okay i have comfrey plants planted what do i do with them ????
any ideas people
linz
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This looks quite a good site and has everything you need to know about it
http://www.allotment.org.uk/vegetable/comfrey/index.php
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yep ..lol ..I would have put that link up for you to look at... you beat me to it Townie !!! The book by L D hills is very good ,I have it , and it covers everything you could think of. One thing you may need to know is, the plants have prickly hairs on them , and they can cause irritation to some people. So when you handle the leaves and stems you may want to wear gloves. Another thing , cut the new growth just before the plant forms flowers each time , about every 6-8 weeks with mine !. That way it will keep on producing huge amounts of foliage, 2-3lbs per plant. Also , when you cut them do so about 2" from the ground, it seems very harsh , but they cope very well. Good luck with them ...Russ
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But if you can bear to leave some to flower, you'll be rewarded by loads of bees, who just love it.
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okay thank for this guies, What i have done is i have two stems coming up i have left one as it and taken the flowers off and 'some' of the leaves off of one and left the other bit so i did okay with it.