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Old 22-08-2009, 10:10 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Pete C[_2_] Pete C[_2_] is offline
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Default Harvesting Comfry



Derek Turner wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:17:52 +0100, Pete C wrote:

I want to make some liquid feed from Comfry. Do I carefully cut
stem/leaf, from top or bottom, or give it a chop with shears down to
6 inches? TIA


Is this common or garden seeds-everywhere comfrey or the sterile
bocking-14 variety? Both will take severe treatment and bounce right
back but bocking14 should not be cut in the first year after growing
from root cuttings.

It's bocking 14. Grew from a root cutting planted April-ish. It's about 3ft
high now. Why shouldn't I cut it please?
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Pete C
London UK