Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: mdjlucan on December 30, 2023, 11:12
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What type of plant is this?
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That one is comfrey. Not the wild kind though. I have Boking 14 comfrey (the non seeding type) and it has flowers that colour.
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That's Comfrey makes a good plant food ,put Comfrey in a bucket and cover it with water then let it steep for 10 days then use the liquor to feed plants ,I use to use 1 pint liquor to 10 gallons of water for a quick weekly feed want it stronger less water,also add Comfrey to a compost heap cover heap and stand back ,I use to mow a lawn on a Friday and layer the grass cuttings up with Comfrey leaves 7 barrow loads went in to the compost bin ,it would be level to the top of the wire 6 feet, covered with a sheet the following Tuesday the sheet had to be replaced it got that hot ii melted ,80 to 90 degrees in the centre of the heap