Comfrey Tea

How do you make comfrey tea?

Put some chopped up comfrey pants in water and wait, right? But how much per gallon of water and steep for how long? Sorry I keep searching and I find is, "dillute 10-1" with no mention of the brew strength.

I am excited to experience how awful the smell will be. I have a really strong gag reflex! Hahahaha

the only comfrey ‘tea’ i’ve made was 100% chopped comfrey in a bucket, no water. it basically all melts down into a liquid. fill the bucket with comfrey, end up with...a quarter of a bucket or so? of concentrated good stuff. that, i might dilute 10 to 1.

and i’ve smelled lots of worse things!

Greg, how long did it take to create your tea?

Dan, I just fill the bucket with Comfrey, and cover it with water. No measurements at that time. When it's fragrant I mix it 10/1.

Very cool, thanks. I guess it really is that simple, hahaha. I thought I was missing something.

Greg, I am curious also about how long the pure comfrey takes to break down. I have plenty of it so I may just make it both ways to see the difference. I grew some last year and it only got about 10 inches high. This year it's HUGE already!

i dunno, probably at least a month, maybe two. it was a short enough time that from a big cutting early in the season, there was still a lot of growing season left to use it after it had ‘matured’.