comfrey propagating

[joolzabb]

i spoke to someone here about comfrey cuttings i had done at college and she asked if they came well but as i had only just done them and the tutor was unsure i couldnt answer.well now i can......
i have been in today and they have got rucks of leaves all over and are lush and green. ready for hardening off for a couple of wweeks in unheated greenhouse and then onto the plot.
they were only 2 inch pieces of the root poked into compost and left in heated cedar house. its taken about five weeksish.
dunno if any use to anyone this info but as its the first thing ive propagated im soooooooooo chuffed.

joolz x

[chuffa]

Joolz, I am sure you know that comfrey makes great tea for the garden, and great on the compost heap. On a allottment it can sometimes take over unless their roots are resricted ie in a container. Well done on your propagating.

[tenpin]

Joolz, I am sure you know that comfrey makes great tea for the garden, and great on the compost heap. On a allottment it can sometimes take over unless their roots are resricted ie in a container. Well done on your propagating.

Hi Joolz,
My blocking 14 comfrey has just started emerging from the soil just as I was about to give up hope. I have a lovely sunny spot right next to my compost bins ready to transplant it to. I am hoping to eventually produce my own concentrated feed.
Jo

[Two_Sheds]

On a allottment it can sometimes take over unless their roots are resricted ie in a container.

Not strictly true. The roots don't spread (like couch/bindweed) as it's got a tap root. Wild comfrey will indeed spread over the allotment, because it self-seeds so freely.

Bocking 14 (sterile) comfrey will stay exactly where you put it.