Over the past week I've been reading about Comfrey and it's supposed to be a
fantastic organic fertilizer.

Yesterday I went out looking for it growing in the wild and transplanted
eight sections of root onto a piece of scrub land closer to my garden.
Apparently it spreads like wildfire, and is very difficult to eradicate
(hence the planting on scrub land) but the plant sucks nutrients from as far
as 6 feet below the surface and stores them in it's leaves.

Has anyone else had any experience of this plant in their garden?

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"Bobby" wrote:

Over the past week I've been reading about Comfrey and it's supposed to be a
fantastic organic fertilizer.

Yesterday I went out looking for it growing in the wild and transplanted
eight sections of root onto a piece of scrub land closer to my garden.
Apparently it spreads like wildfire, and is very difficult to eradicate
(hence the planting on scrub land) but the plant sucks nutrients from as far
as 6 feet below the surface and stores them in it's leaves.

Has anyone else had any experience of this plant in their garden?

We bulldozed (literally, with a JCB) our comfrey patch last winter. By
the spring it was breaking out all over, and growing as vigorously as
ever. Fabulous as a liquid manure, if smelly...

Bobby wrote:
Over the past week I've been reading about Comfrey and it's supposed to be a
fantastic organic fertilizer.

Yesterday I went out looking for it growing in the wild and transplanted
eight sections of root onto a piece of scrub land closer to my garden.
Apparently it spreads like wildfire, and is very difficult to eradicate
(hence the planting on scrub land) but the plant sucks nutrients from as far
as 6 feet below the surface and stores them in it's leaves.

Has anyone else had any experience of this plant in their garden?


There is a strain called 'Bocking 14' marketed by the HDRA which is much
less invasive and just as beneficial. I've grown it for 5 years without
being driven out of house and home (or garden).

Derek Turner wrote:

There is a strain called 'Bocking 14' marketed by the HDRA which is much
less invasive and just as beneficial. I've grown it for 5 years without
being driven out of house and home (or garden).

Sorry to follow up on my own post but I've just googled Bocking 14 and
discovered that it's sterile - will propagate through root cuttings but
does not seed (flowers beautifully, bees love it). Explains a lot!

Bobby wrote:
Yesterday I went out looking for it growing in the wild and transplanted
eight sections of root onto a piece of scrub land closer to my garden.
Apparently it spreads like wildfire, and is very difficult to eradicate
(hence the planting on scrub land) but the plant sucks nutrients from as far
as 6 feet below the surface and stores them in it's leaves.
Has anyone else had any experience of this plant in their garden?

Yes! Fabulous stuff - put it in your compost, or use as mulch around
courgettes. I do before going on holidays.