Comfrey Advice Needed

[Cadalot]

Typical Thompson & Morgan they have not got an idea what gardeners need want or how allotment owners like to grow vegetables see Alans Allotment: T&M All Season Sprouts and Cabbages as if you would not want to know what actual varieties you were growing.

[Bigmallly]

There's an old thread here on the subject:

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ive_62608.html

[veggiechicken]

Its not invasive if you cut the flowers off to stop it seeding.
I have a white flowered comfrey in the garden which I leave to seed as the bees love the flowers. It has popped up in some unexpected places but I wouldn't call it invasive.

[sparrow100]

If you do sow it, just don't let it set seed. Or keep your hoe busy. I have hairy bittercress pretty much everywhere from bringing in garden centre plants (where it's endemic) and thinking in the first year that it was pretty...d'oh!

I have a closed 100L water butt outside the greenhouse which gets an onion sack of chopped comfrey added to it every 3 months or so. The last cut in late summer means there's comfrey tea ready for the first sowings the following year. After a few months the spent comfrey goes on the compost heap and the infusion goes on my tomatoes.

You could also try looking on common land near you. Given its ready seeding habit you might be able to find it growing wild while you wait for your own plants to establish. There's a huge expanse of it about 20 minutes away from where I live. Am planning on raiding it this year.

[Scarlet]

Im sorry, I'm a Newby and was confused. I will attempt to paste an image of the seed packet below (forum doesn't seem to work very well using iPad though)

As VC and Sparrow said, just keep picking it and don't let it go to seed...which shouldn't be a problem if you are using it. It's just best to know beforehand

I only use my iPad got the forum, and will agree its not the best. Stick with it, we are hoping for some improvements soon.

[Dynamite]

Comfrey

As VC and Sparrow said, just keep picking it and don't let it go to seed...which shouldn't be a problem if you are using it. It's just best to know beforehand

I only use my iPad got the forum, and will agree its not the best. Stick with it, we are hoping for some improvements soon.

Many thanks Scarlet and to everyone for the brilliant advice.