How many kilograms of leaves does a comfrey plant make per year?

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green_fingered_ash

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Trying to work out how many litres of comfrey juice i will have for next year. i have 4 plants spaced 4ft apart and wondered how many kilo's of leaves i will have. will love it if i could just use my homemade organic fertiliser for tomato's, chillies etc etc. i already have a source of stinging nettles for a vegetative fertiliser.

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Hi Ash,
That's a toughie.
I have used comfrey liquid feed for many years, but never give the weight ratio a thought.
There are several types of comfrey, and I grow the prostrate one mainly as ground cover. I can do this because we live on a little lane, so it is growing under the hedges where little else will grow.
I use an old large brewing bucket.
So I tend to go off colour.
Banging in handful's to keep it right.
The leaves themselves are very light as you already know.
Which could be quite a lot for a kilo.
It is all dying away at present.
I will clean it up soon and put the residue in the compost bin.
I don't know how well it works, but at least nothing has died from using it.
Pete

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Lardman

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I can't comment on weight but.

At flowering time from 6 'bocking 14' plants I get just over 3ltr of concentrate, obviously it varies a bit depending on water content. I get 3 good cutting from the plants which are well established now.

That provides enough to keep the greenhouse feed. If I also use it in the open I have to supplement with commercial feed otherwise I run out. Id say I get 6-7 watering cans per 1ltr of concentrate.

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PeterP

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I know Monty Don had it on 'Gardeners World' a couple of weeks ago.
And he was going off a 10 to 1 ratio to use in the can.
As it can no doubt vary quite a lot, I would think that that is somewhere around the correct ratio. So comment from Lardman sounds like it is in that range.


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