[andyf75]

Hi,

Bought some Bocking 14 root cuttings and planted them in pots. The shoots are appearing above the soil now. can I plant them out already or should I keep them indoors for a bit?

[engineer]

Hi Andy i bought some a couple of years ago, i just let mine grow-on in the pots until well established then planted them out, they are very hardy plants, mine in the lotty are just showing green again.

[georget]

Hi Andy where did you buy it,im up in co.durham do garden centres sell it .Iused wild comfrey last year for the 1st time did the trick bot its not bocking 13.

[mumofstig]

Being hardy you can plant them out, if they've been in a greenhouse or cold frame they will need hardening off first.

[andyf75]

Hi Andy where did you buy it,im up in co.durham do garden centres sell it .Iused wild comfrey last year for the 1st time did the trick bot its not bocking 13.

I bought it off ebay for about £3 for 5 roots

[wrinkly1]

georget  .i live in durham.  i bought mine on ebay.  got 8 or so   i think. only about £5 plus postage. came through letterbox. potted on and got 5 thriving.  go to ebay and bring up comfrey.   good luck.p.s. came from devon i believe

[fatbelly]

I have Bocking 14 on my plot and it makes great liquid fertiliser. It's a very hardy plant, I moved mine last year just dug it up dropped it into its new hole heeled in topped off with a drink of water and it did fine.

[DD.]

Got mine off ebay last year.

Just stuck the cuttings outside in a tray of compost, (a cat litter tray of course), and then transplanted them when the plants were big enough.

They're now starting to come into full leaf and look like making cracking plants this year.

[Trillium]

Georget, Boking 14 comfrey is preferred as it doesn't make seeds that spread everywhere and takeover an area. The 14 remains in good control. A friend has the wild comfrey growing in their yard and the dratted stuff has spread everywhere with seeds and deep, pernicious roots that can be dug out only with a backhoe.

[Lardman]

Got mine off ebay last year.

You should have shouted. I dug up and burnt all 16 of my 5 year old plants last year to make way for a wall, I'd have happily passed them on, the roots were as thick as my arm, I never found them particularly useful. I know lots of people here find they make good feed but I was only getting 2 cuttings a year and with limited space they just didn't provided enough feed to justify the space they took up. Much easier and quicker to buy a bottle of tomerite.

[sowitgrowit]

I have a plant (Bocking 14) next to each of my 3 compost bins, drawing on the nutrients there - the brew they make is great.  3 is about right I reckon for a plot of my size, I can have a couple of buckets of ''tea' steeping with a plant in full leaf and the others recovering at different stages.

Awesome stuff, love it to bits and the bees think so to

[georget]

The comfrey i used last year grows on a nearby ex railway line walkway theres loads of it but i wouldnt plant it in the garden i know it would take over.Thats all i used on the tomatoes last year and got a hell of a crop.I would like to use it for other things and the 14 would be better suited because of the leaf size and it is easier to harvest especially if its on your own plot,but i must admit i do like harvesting natures bounty for free.

[danny1936]

I had 6 roots of Bocking 4 delivered yesterday. They were about 4 inches long. Having read about the propagation of Comfrey, the advice was to cut about 1 inch of the root into a pot to get them started. Would I be OK to cut these roots into 1 inch bits and then set them?

[sowitgrowit]

1 inch segments are fine, I think.  Just pop them in some soil and they will do the rest!

[savbo]

... in a tray of compost, (a cat litter tray of course), ...

with the comfrey and the leeks taking up the trays, can your cats cross their legs?