Hi Boingey, I make and use comfrey liquid feed for my tomatoes (in fact for everything which benefits from liquid feeds.) You do need a bit of room to grow it, but it's easy-peasy. 'Bocking 14' is the one to plant as it won't seed itself everywhere like native comfrey does. You just fill a bucket with hand crushed comfrey leaves, add water and cover. After a couple of weeks, remove the rotted leaves and it's ready. Dilute with water until it looks like weak tea and water away.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Hiya Verdun, I have a garden which is quite long and you can guess which end the comfrey bucket is placed! The good thing is the smell does quickly go away when it's actually used. I decant it into 2 litre pop bottles as soon as it's ready though so the smell isn't around for very long really.
But really, I think I've probably just got used to it more than anything!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
On our allotments we have native cumfrey we draw lots to see who gets to mek it and stir it but by it dunt arf werk. I used to put a bucket full with no lid on at the front and back door of my house when mi mothering law were coming she did not stay long at all.Its good on plants as well.I am not taking the liquid Honest
I,ll bet you are daydaisy she went to the big allotment in the sky years ago I,ll bet St Peter is,nt too pleased about it. She had a tongue like an adder.Regards Brian.
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Hi Boingey, I make and use comfrey liquid feed for my tomatoes (in fact for everything which benefits from liquid feeds.) You do need a bit of room to grow it, but it's easy-peasy. 'Bocking 14' is the one to plant as it won't seed itself everywhere like native comfrey does. You just fill a bucket with hand crushed comfrey leaves, add water and cover. After a couple of weeks, remove the rotted leaves and it's ready. Dilute with water until it looks like weak tea and water away.
Re blood fish and bone, do you only use this at planting time for veges or do you add it later as things grow as well?
Hiya Verdun, I have a garden which is quite long and you can guess which end the comfrey bucket is placed!
The good thing is the smell does quickly go away when it's actually used. I decant it into 2 litre pop bottles as soon as it's ready though so the smell isn't around for very long really.
But really, I think I've probably just got used to it more than anything!
Heheh - of course - les meilleurs vin of the garden liquid feed world!
On our allotments we have native cumfrey we draw lots to see who gets to mek it and stir it but by it dunt arf werk. I used to put a bucket full with no lid on at the front and back door of my house when mi mothering law were coming she did not stay long at all.Its good on plants as well.I am not taking the liquid Honest
I'm glad I'm not your mother-in-law Brian!
I,ll bet you are daydaisy she went to the big allotment in the sky years ago I,ll bet St Peter is,nt too pleased about it. She had a tongue like an adder.Regards Brian.