Where to get comfrey bocking 14?

[timethatthetaleweretold]

I split the clump every spring when the new leaves start showing. It is possible to hack off any old piece of root at any old time though ... it's very forgiving

Brilliant! thanks Two Sheds.

It's good to hear it's forgiving cos I'm a bit nervous about interfering with it, having somehow lost some of my 6.
(I think some potatoes grew too close to the comfrey and somehow hurt it.)

The 2 or 3 I've got are now making some healthy new growth so i'll split them like you said.

I might take a root cutting or two too.

[mrpaulbradley]

You on an allotment? Likely there is plenty around on other allotments and they can give you some roots.

Sadly I don't have an allotment, although my wife is convinced that's what I've turned our back garden into!! I do have friends that have, so I may ask them if they have or someone they know might be able to spare some. To be honest I'm happy to splash the 3 or 4 quid on eBay or organic growers site and hope I can get them going.
Great advice from above re propagation in pots thanks.

[Kristen]

To be honest I'm happy to splash the 3 or 4 quid on eBay or organic growers site and hope I can get them going.

That's what I did. If I was doing it again I'd ask around first It took a whole season to get mine bulked-up as they started from such small bits, whereas I reckon someone "willing" with a decent patch of them would give you enough roots that you would get some crop in the first year

[Two_Sheds]

Twice I have transplanted small Comfrey plants from a customer of mine, but without success.

Great advice from above re propagation in pots thanks.

Now there you go. When I've planted them in pots, they die

I just literally cut a little bit of root off (usually accidentally) and drop it in a hole in the ground: never failed

[mrpaulbradley]

Now there you go. When I've planted them in pots, they die

I just literally cut a little bit of root off (usually accidentally) and drop it in a hole in the ground: never failed

Oh what is a boy to do!?
Probably both! Though I must say i do like the idea of just lopping off a bit of root and chipping into hole in ground. I certainly seem to manage it easy enough when 'dealing' with dandelions!

[zazen999]

I have a few trays and pots of root cuttings outside my back door - which were taken at school last autumn and will be on ebay soon; all proceeds to the school gardening fund.

I'm just waiting until they grow a few more leaves before putting them on

.....and I grow them in clay at home and they are fantastic!

[mrpaulbradley]

That's me ordered my comfrey from the organic gardening catalogue. Says it will arrive in May.
Now, all I've got to do is find space to put it! Speaking of which....
Is there anyone else out there who is considering going guerrilla gardener and putting it on some wild ground?

[Two_Sheds]

anyone else out there who is considering going guerrilla gardener and putting it on some wild ground?

I don't need to, we get loads of wild comfrey round here. And yes, I do go out with a carrier bag and pick it for the compost heap

[vegetable-gardener]

I got a piece of the wild variety. If you want more you just split a bit of the root and away it goes. Great for the garden, The chickens love it and it's also good for broken bones!

[mrpaulbradley]

I've not seen any wild stuff growing around me - there is a fair bit of natural ground and I have the Forth & Clyde canal at my back - so there's a fair chance I suppose.
I may just help nature along a wee bit!
Just figured out tho - I don't necessarily need the F1 variety do I! But I'll grow some in the garden and a wee bit around the place.

[Organoponico]

We got ours from Comfrey Bocking 14 Cuttings they were rooted and came very well packed and quickly too.

[chris]

Well, mine are doing ok it seems - in the g/h, kept moist in 3" pots. Turfed one out, and it's rooted - others are too

[BigShot]

Got 3 clumps on allotment 1.
About to move some of them to allotment number 2 and plop them in at the bottom of the hill. (I hear that's good for catching nutrients as they run off... though it makes little difference as I'd be putting them there anyway.)

[chris]

I went around my site, to see if anyone has any - couldn't see any anywhere - unless it does down over winter?

[BigShot]

Chris - it's been up here for a few weeks. I'd have thought it'd be up down your way by now.

Try looking on the communal tip if you have one. That's where I got my comfrey and my rhubarb. They went in well into their growing season, sulked a bit and then perked up.
Both are storming along now the worst of the cold weather is behind us (while I remind myself again that it's still "winter" and I won't let my tenders like toms and corn get frostbitten).