Could anyone tell me about comfreys properties as a fertilizer?(ie)liquid fert. etc.methods,dilutions,reasons etc. Thankyou

-- Julian Barnett (julian@sa.apana.org.au), May 09, 2001

Answers

Julian, Try www.organicdownunder.com/Fertilizer.htm then click on Comfrey. This is an excellent site and offers TONS of info on organic gardening, composting, fertilizer "recipes" etc. ENJOY!

-- Kristin, in La. (positivekharma@aol.com), May 09, 2001.

See if your library and borrow a copy of Comfrey: Fodder, Food & Remedy by Lawrence D. Hills. Printed by Universal Books in 1976.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), May 13, 2001.

To make a liquid fertilizer from comfrey, get a plastic flower pot with holes in the bottom, harvest comfrey leaves/stalks, fill pot about half-way. set pot into a five gal. bucket, press comfrey down with brick, add a few inches of water and put in a shaded spot were rain can't get at it for 2-4 weeks. Then you should have a black liquid in the bucket, dilute with water 15-1 and use as a fertilizer. try it. Bruce

-- (comfreybruce@richmond.com), May 14, 2001.