Hey, I chopped and dropped comfrey into my garlic beds and now I’m getting comfrey sprouts all over the place! Any advice? I’m now afeared to propagate it further.
These are Russian bocking 14 from Strictly Medicinal Seeds that I planted 14 months ago. I have 2 very nice patches and I was planning to put a clump under each of our food forest trees, as well as a few near my apiary (which I’m in the midst of building)
Why are they sprouting from leaves I pulled and used as fertilizer in October? Could it be that I yanked the leaves out, vs snipped? Thanks for any advice.
Hi Martha,
Welcome to Permies. This thread may help to answer your question
https://permies.com/t/241431 Comfrey is great in the right places. It easily sprouts from bits of root and stem that are in contact with the ground I suggest to dig out the plants you don't want and make into a liquid fertiliser. You can also add nettle to the mix if you have any.
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I like the idea of using the sprouts as liquid fertilizer.
I also thought maybe the sprouts could be moved to a better location.
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Did you grow it from seed? And then the leafs fell on the soil and rooted...
That's a very bad thing if i understood right.
I've heard people say they had a lot of work to get it out of neighbors gardens after the seeds had been dispersed by birds. Full time job, thinking of moving etc. Why do people not worn a bit more on these fora. I don't get it!
I'd kill it with a passion.
But comfrey is awesome, mine is superb. I found some by the side of the road, somebody else as well. But they do not have seeds. Just chop the giant rootball in bits and you've got 20 more.
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Martha said, I didn’t grow it from seed, I bought cuttings, and I understood them to be sterile, hence my surprise.
That comfrey is sterile, it does not produce seeds.
It still can be propagated by cuttings and root division.
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