Russian Comfrey
Bocking 14 Cultivar
At Marsh Creek Farmstead we grow and sell the Bocking 14 variety of Russian Comfrey.
This sterile variety of comfrey grows very well in our USDA zone 9 Mediterranean climate.
Comfrey has been used for thousands of years as a medicinal herb as well as a fertility builder for the land.
You will receive 1" to 2" long pieces in each order.
Your order will contain 30+ pieces like this
We sell the
Bocking-14 form of comfrey, which will not produce viable seed.
Bocking-14 comfrey is the most desirable cultivar for making a tea to fertilize your garden with an NPK ratio 1.8 / 0.5 /5.3.
Comfrey is a dynamic accumulator of nutrients, most notably iron, silicon, nitrogen, potassium, calcium, magnesium and many trace minerals.
Save money on animal feed! Comfrey is used worldwide as an animal fodder. Dried comfrey leaves contain 26% protein.
Although some animals enjoy comfrey fresh, if you find your animals do not like fresh comfrey, offer them comfrey which
has wilted for a day or dried completely. The little silicon "hairs" on the leaves sometimes bother animals, though the problem
is solved by allowing the leaves to wilt first. Comfrey is the only plant which harvests vitamin B-12 from the soil!
Use comfrey leaves to turbo-charge your compost pile, especially piles made predominately made from carbon
heavy "browns" like dry leaves, straw, brush, wood chips or shavings, etc.
The image below if from the last time I dug roots to plant cuttings. Look at that naturally braided root!
How to get your comfrey root cuttings off to a great start!
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A video i made of comfrey tea making and application
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Come on over and place your order for spring planting Today!
Marsh Creek Farmstead
The cuttings do best if grown in pots indoors or in a greenhouse for 2 to 3 months prior to planting outdoors.
