[amc]

Last July I bought some comfrey roof cuttings (bocking 14 the sterlie one that doesn't self seed) from http://www.ragmans.co.uk/ (they don't have it listed at the mo). Some places advertise cutting/ plants at silly prices.  They were about 1-2" long so being a cheapskate I cut most of them in half and potted them up. They didn't do very wll to be honest - probably cos some of the roots were v. small and so were the pots.

I noticed they had stared to sprout again in the last 2-3 weeks so I weeded and re-potted them. Some have a v.good root structure, some are only just starting to develop and some had plain rotted. All being well the 60 or so plants will go up the allotment with in a month or so when the plants are a bit more established.

Does anyone have any tips to get the cuttings more established prior to transfer? Do they prefer light/ shade? What is the best final spacing? Would feeding give a kick start etc. Any tips apreciated.

I understand that comfrey is v. evasive so I think when/if they do grow more they'll really take off but thats what I want! I've a large space at the allotment put aside.

amc

[WG.]

I don't consider comfrey to be invasive at all - people who try to dig it up or rotovate it probably think so.

Spacing I use is 2ft each way.   Prefers sun. tolerates light shade.  Bring them on in a container if you want to.  5l ice cream containers work fine.  3l milk cartons too

[amc]

Thanks whisky_golf, they only get a bit of sun early morning - i'll move into full sun and I'll try your spacing suggestion.
I'm looking to increase the numbers of plants but I'll concentrate on getting these established first.
amc

[amc]

just realised there is a very good guide to comfrey on the main site...doh!