Comfrey for mending broken stems?

[StephenH]

I've just joined my local allotment and leisure gardeners' society, and had a look at their web site. On the advice page, I came across this:

The little miracle of Comfrey. "Twice now I have used Comfrey to work as a sort of Plaster-of-Paris to very broken plant stems. One a rose that I broke quite severely by accident three years ago and one about two weeks ago that was a fairly large young tomato with a little crop of tomatos already visible. I accidently broke him for about 85% of his stem. As I had the comfrey already nearby my feet to make the comfrey juice for the tomatoes I wrapped a leaf quite tightly around the break and fastened this with a rubber thingy to the bamboo stick. Next day expecting to find a very wilted tomato I went to look and there he was all strong and happy and now to this day the stem is still holding. The comfrey leaf has not rotted just dried a bit. I suppose you know the country name for the comfrey plant is 'Knitbone'; well it knits stems too...."

I haven't tried this, so I make no claims for it as a method, but thought it was worth passing on.

[jacob marley]

Thanks for that Stephenh it sound like a bit of natures majic..jacob