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permies in Rome, Italy?
I'm up in Milan. You can connect to the italian permie community via the Academia.
http://www.permacultura.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=39
Anna is good about posting things to the list.
As for comfrey, I order seed from the US. It's not the russian comfrey, but Symphytum officinale. You can probably get it on ebay via the UK as well.
www.horizonherbs.com
If you buy it now, put it in the fridge in february, you should be okay for comfrey in the spring. They're easy to cold stratify.
You may find people in the Rome area that might have comfrey, for sure, even the russian kind. Send a message to the Academia.
William
My Microgreens: http://www.microortaggi.it
http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/plantorders.html
A little closer than the States.
Why work hard when god made so many mongongo nuts? - !Kung
The notion that man must dominate nature emerges directly from the domination of man by man - Murray Bookchin
C'est drôle comme les gens qui se croient instruits éprouvent le besoin de faire chier le monde.-Boris Vian
El hombre es la naturaleza que toma conciencia de sí misma -Elisée Reclus
I may be wrong on this, but I think root cuttings are minimum 30 pounds shipping outside of the UK because they come with a plant passport. Root cutting of S. officinale is 6 pounds plus the 30 pounds shipping. You could get a lot of comfrey seed for 42 euros.
If you just need comfrey, get seed. If you already have comfrey but want a specific kind of comfrey, buy the root cutting or network your way to someone else's root cutting.
W
My Microgreens: http://www.microortaggi.it
I've tried sowing comfrey from seed and it didn't work out, do they need stratifying?
I live in a very backwards part of Spain, we're the guys who produced Franco. Old ladies here feed their sheep and chickens and pigs the store-bought "McDonalds" feed and think their livestock is as good as organic because its "homemade."
The main "permaculture guy" in the area gave me some dwarf comfrey and another guy was selling normal medicinal comfrey, but only as a potted plant. Haven't met anyone with Bocking 14. Anyway, comfrey from root cutting is so easy, I'd rather do that than plant it from seed.
Why work hard when god made so many mongongo nuts? - !Kung
The notion that man must dominate nature emerges directly from the domination of man by man - Murray Bookchin
C'est drôle comme les gens qui se croient instruits éprouvent le besoin de faire chier le monde.-Boris Vian
El hombre es la naturaleza que toma conciencia de sí misma -Elisée Reclus
Yes, you need to stratify for a few weeks. I found that 30 days in the fridge with a plastic bag and some moist potting soil works just fine. You plant them out on a wide potting soil bed and when they com up you put them into pots.
I've never heard of Bocking 14, why is it so special?
W
My Microgreens: http://www.microortaggi.it
Basically it grows faster for "chop and drop" and I think its a better compost activator. Also, it doesn't set seed so it won't get invasive in case you don't want it to spread on its own.
I still have some seeds left, Im gonna stick them in the fridge!
Why work hard when god made so many mongongo nuts? - !Kung
The notion that man must dominate nature emerges directly from the domination of man by man - Murray Bookchin
C'est drôle comme les gens qui se croient instruits éprouvent le besoin de faire chier le monde.-Boris Vian
El hombre es la naturaleza que toma conciencia de sí misma -Elisée Reclus
another: http://tuttosemi.com/
fantastic sites to visit
you can find the comfrey here:
http://vivaionaiadi.blogspot.it/p/conacreis.html
i brought 40 roots of comfrey, symphytum x uplandicum, bocking 14 from uk because it is not invasive, it is seed sterile, and you can't find it in Italy for sale. when it will be established in my land i will look forward to exchange. but this will not happen before a year it has to root weel before dividing it. anyway i come to rome once every two months so if you need in future anything or want to meet to have an exchange of views feel free to contact me.
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