We love our comfrey! We use it as mulch, a compost activator and we make it into a healing herbal salve. The chickens like it too :)

@podgardening

4 жыл бұрын

Way to go Small Seeds!!

Great tips! Comfrey also a great slug catcher. Just drop a few comfrey leaves on the ground and in the morning you’ll find all your slugs merrily cuddling to each other underneath. Pick them up gently and move your slugs away somewhere for the birds to eat. Your hostas are safe and your birds are fed )) I use a seedless variety of comfrey in my garden.

@podgardening

3 жыл бұрын

Hi nice tip re slugs! Yes Bocking 14 the sterile, seedless comfrey variety is the one we gardeners can use without fear of our gardens being over-run. Cheers

Ate comfrey throughout my pregnancy and walked everywhere. Healthy properties in the Comfrey. After I had my son. I lost weight of 10kilos from walking and eating comfrey for 9months Excellent herbs for glowing skin and hair and Liver cleanses people🙄😋

@cigileyAtTR

2 жыл бұрын

I had a feeling it was safe to eat. a lot of sources try to say its not. How much per day and which parts did you eat?

@gelandadunbar1182

2 жыл бұрын

I thought one couldn't eat it.

@mawmawshomesteadpreparedness

2 жыл бұрын

I heard eating to much could cause liver toxicity.

@carisacarrasco7406

Жыл бұрын

If you Google search it here in the US they say it causes Liver damage , but we know how they twist and lie to keep us going to drs

@fancythat5136

Жыл бұрын

I’m wondering if it was something else she ate. Drinking comfrey Tea is fine. Maybe she meant tea while pregnant.

Thank you for sharing your garden and knowledge with us. I’m a KZread gardener too. It’s my 3rd year and ever year I try to get better. This year I’m trying intercropping/companion planting. I found your channel in my research. This is very helpful and I and so happy I found your channel because it has so much to offer. I hope we can learn more from each other as we grow our gardens and our channels!

Loved your drawings. I missed my comfrey, forgot to bring some with me when I moved. Just got 3 small plants so I can't wait to get them growing.

I love your drawings, they make the ideas flow off the page

@podgardening

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks - glad you like them

@omarialden9695

2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster.

hello from Australia... just found your channel after searching for comfrey info..... terrific diagram at the beginning.... basic understanding .....thank you.

My sister sent me the link to this. I'm not a gardener, but am an arborist. So I'm learning. So I thank you for this presentation.

Your comfrey are tall ,man!! Wow

Really interesting and informative. I love the accompanying sketch stories.

@podgardening

4 жыл бұрын

D'Oyl!!!

Thank you for the good info!

Another top notch production, thanks, learning so much.

Thank you for the knowledge. I’ve ordered comfrey seeds (or roots) and I’m very excited to get going on growing comfrey under all my fruit trees 🌳👍🏽

Great advice. Very clearly presented and informative. Cheers from Melbourne, Australia ; )

I subscribed because I loved your drawings! Also thank you for the comfrey info. I just bought 5 root cuttings and can't wait to plant them.

Thanks, Love your drawings!

Quick informative and to the point.

Today I read that comfrey spray is good to get rid of or prevent powdery mildew. I’m going to dedicate one of the squash plants this year and give it a try.

@MandyDrew-hg7zf

16 күн бұрын

Did it work and do you know if it was the seedless comfrey plant?

Our comfrey is on its way ♥️ We had a hard time locating it in our area, and have just recently found it through trade.

@podgardening

4 жыл бұрын

Great - enjoying growing a great companion plant Krystal!

What a fantastic video 🙏🏼

If your job doesn't involve being paid for your artwork.... It should do!!!! If no-one else has said it I will, thanks for the extra effort involved doing the explanatory graphic work.... I for one appreciate the effort and skill. 👍♥️🇨🇮👍♥️🇨🇮👍♥️🇨🇮👍♥️🇨🇮👍

@podgardening

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Hi comfrey is great ,I just pop comfrey in a water barrel (no water)and put a chicken feeder nozzle underneath put weight on it and NO smell just pure comfrey juice and no stringy bits to block your watering can nozzle up.

@podgardening

Жыл бұрын

Great tip. Thanks for sharing!

Excellent! Thank you

@podgardening

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Great video, thanks for sharing!

@podgardening

3 жыл бұрын

Pleasure, glad you found our Comfrey vid interesting

We've actually seen center roots of Bocking 14 that were 6 meters deep into the ground. If the soil is penetrable enough (which for Bocking 14 it is where we live) it can reach way deeper than 3m.

Thank you for this video.

@podgardening

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Hi there, great video -thank you! I have a garden which floods from the River Severn every year, I'm worried about pesticides, and also sewage as it floods through the drains and sewers for the town. If I grow comfrey in this garden, can I still use it in my organic compost do you think? Or will the 'bad stuff' from the soil be transferred into the leaves?

Great info I just hot my first comfrey plant today so I'm going to pot it up in an old washing machine drum with the bottom cut off

@podgardening

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect - great idea!

@gafairbanks2434

Жыл бұрын

Why? Would make it hard to dig for transplants and sharing. Mine is from my Grandmother's garden & over 120 yrs. old. Every 10 to 12 years I dig 1/2 up to give friends or move around the garden. Over 7 feet tall and this year it has bloomed for the 3rd time in Aug./ Sept. 2022 A must have to keep my bees happy year round.

Wow Amazing thank you

@podgardening

Жыл бұрын

Most welcome 😊

I love growing comfrey. Susie

#Beautiful

wish you were in Ausi... would ask you around to help me understand what is happening in my vegie garden...... :)

How is it as a forage?

It's very invasive...as for the tea...dilute 1 to 100 if older and 1 to 200 if younger in fermenting. Dilute at the rate he said will burn plants..use as a soil drench only and do not folliar feed it...will burn the leaves ...

@francesgannon8990

2 жыл бұрын

It is invasive in my raised bed! I have pruned it back. I want to plant my bush beans there but I’m afraid the roots will choke out my beans if I plant them????

Why not apply ferment airlocks and once it's done fermenting then apply?

Will my bush beans grow in my raised garden bed even though the soil is full comfrey roots?

epic videos my friend! keep up the great stuff, friends?😀👍😀👍😀👍

How do you get it to be so tall?

Do they go that deep in a fairly high water table?

What can you teach me about comfrey causing liver cancer? I use the salve daily two to three times mixed with other herbs and oils.

Hello, Have you tried pouring in some molasses in the tea mix? It may change the smell...........

That comfrey it's huge! What strain is it? Blocking 14 by chance? Great video

@podgardening

3 жыл бұрын

Hi yes Bocking 14 so no seeding everywhere in the garden. Just the right plant where you want it! Cheers

Will it thrive in central Virginia

great info how long does the comfrey tea last once fermented

@podgardening

3 жыл бұрын

I would say at least 6 months to a year - if kept covered in a cool, shady spot

Thankyou. I am from India. Can you send me 3-5 roots here for planting?

Do you know why my comfrey isn’t getting off the ground? It remains a ground cover. 🇦🇺

Trying to grow some. My soil is 9nly about 1 foot deep. Then its sand then its rock hard sand 1m down. Will it be ok?

@podgardening

3 жыл бұрын

Hi John, yes comfrey should be just fine - it will find its way down through the layers.Good luck

When does comfrey flower & does leaves get really big? My husband tried to get it started several years ago.

@podgardening

3 жыл бұрын

Comfrey flowers from early to mid spring depending on location. The leaves can get up to 30cm long

Anyone know answer to below ?

Can comfrey be planting among blueberry bushes? I am getting conflicting information on that as some articles say it makes you soil more alkaline and blueberries like acidic soil. What are your thoughts?

@podgardening

5 ай бұрын

The only issue with planting comfrey around any other plants is that it can take over and you'll unlikely to get rid of it 😊

got a question, can the dried root be used to propagate a new plant? Want to grow the plant but only the dried root is availablle.

@podgardening

Жыл бұрын

I don't think dried root will re-shoot.

Helo. Can It be spayed on the leaves or onli in the root Thank you

@podgardening

Жыл бұрын

Yes by all means spray on leaves as a foliar feed.

Please can I get comfrey seed to buy from you. I am in Ghana

Beautiful plant but how many times you can cut it?

@podgardening

Жыл бұрын

A lot

I am so upset I planted comfrey as a companion plant. It's impossible to get rid of if you put it in the wrong place like I did. No matter how hard I try, I can't get all the roots out. it just keeps coming back over and over and over.

Saying elderly should not use. My Mom had fractures and I put Bruise,, Tear, Repair which contains comfrey on her? Is it ok to use as long as less than 10 days ?

@podgardening

Жыл бұрын

Hi we can't advise you on this I am afraid.

hi do you sale fresh comfrey leaves

@podgardening

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry no we don't sell plants. You should be able to get some at your nearest garden centre.

@jasonlee2323

3 жыл бұрын

eBay and Etsy are good options; I just checked and for about 20 dollars you can get 10 pieces of the Bocking 14 cultivar.

Mulch > Tea

It's horrendous stuff. It seeds everywhere, grows so thick it's threatening to strangle all the lower storeys of my food forest and is UNKILLABLE.

@YeshuaKingMessiah

7 ай бұрын

Only plant it where u want it to take over It’s so good for so many things so it’s very prolific

@cassieoz1702

7 ай бұрын

@YeshuaKingMessiah it's a weed. It's spread over my 1.5 acres and I'm worried it'll escape into the bush around me. It was sold to me by a reputable nursery as Bocking 14 which should have sterile seeds but it clearly ISNT!

😂

It seems we should be planting the all over, and reduce the dependence on artificial fertilizer, much of which comes from Russia. Nothing against the Russian people by saying that, just it's good to have independence

Can't be that great, I have never had in my life heard of it haha

@michaelmcguinness10

2 жыл бұрын

You have the right name there loopy

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Who said Europeans brought CONFREYS with them to the Americas? Its a lie, they did not even know how to farm before coming to the Americas🤠🤠🤠

@nowirehangers2815

Жыл бұрын

Of course they did. What nonsense!

@Oughut88

Ай бұрын

If they didn’t know how to farm how did the European civilisation exist?

Can’t lie i had to cringe when he said English “immigrants” took it around the world.....I think he meant to say English colonizers 😂

@nowirehangers2815

Жыл бұрын

Lucky for everyone now we have civilisation

@MIKExMASSACREx

Жыл бұрын

@@nowirehangers2815 huh?

@neilanderson6280

Ай бұрын

Grow up and stop with the oppression olympics you plum