[BARNACLE BILL]

I have started off some comfrey leaves in a tub with water. How long does it take for the nutrients to leech. And then do you dilute or feed it neat ...thanks BB

[Offwego]

Hi Bill

I read somewhere that you mix 10 parts water to 1 part comfrey. I've stewed  a drum full for a year now and will be giving the runner beans a boast with it next weekend.
Hope that helps

[Plot 1 Problems]

You'll know when it's ready as the smell could fell cattle at ten paces...

[Goosegirl]

… and wear full protective gear so you look like a spaceman! For God's sake don't spill any over you, the dog, the cat, your OH, or anything else you cherish.

[noshed]

I've given up on the tea because of the smell. I just put a few leaves in the bottom of my bean trench and put some more on the compost heap

[Florablunder]

I seem to remember Monty demonstrating it on GW and saying 6 weeks, though that may have been nettle tea.

[Plot 1 Problems]

I've given up on the tea because of the smell. I just put a few leaves in the bottom of my bean trench and put some more on the compost heap

Did warn you about the smell

Personally I like to use the stinky brew to upset unknowing relatives and friends visiting the plot....

[jaydig]

… and wear full protective gear so you look like a spaceman! For God's sake don't spill any over you, the dog, the cat, your OH, or anything else you cherish.

I'll second that GG.  I have, before now, caught the watering can full of the stuff on the edge of the barrel and soaked myself.  Even after a couple of showers I could still smell it on my skin, and my husband said if I do it again I'll be walking home because of the stink in the car, even with the windows open!

Having said that, it's a brilliant plant feed.  I think they grow like made trying to get away from the smell.

[AnneB]

I make mine in a barrel with a tap at the bottom.   I get an onion bag - orange mesh thing with drawstrings, and stuff it with as much comfrey as I can get in it.  I pop that in the barrel and fill it up with water and put the lid on - I use a stick under the lid to keep the comfrey bag submerged.

I find it has brewed sufficiently to use it undiluted after about 3 weeks, but if it lasts longer I do dilute it.

[arh]

Thank you for that AnneB, that is what I will do.