RE: [compost_tea] Comfrey compost tea recipe

From: Douglas G. Larson <ddhle_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:41:24 -0800

I am not clear what you are describing when you talk about making compost
tea from comfrey.
 
Are you talking about soaking freshly cut comfrey in water and perhaps
aerating the water? That, while it may have some nutrient benefit, wouldn't
be compost tea.
 
It wouldn't be compost tea if you used comfrey alone, even if the comfrey is
dried.
 
Compost tea comes only from brewing well constructed compost in water with
aeration. Of course, if you have well made compost and one of its components
was comfrey, then that's fine. And I suppose one could make compost using
just comfrey but I doubt such sole-ingredient compost would be very balanced
and therefore not produce well made compost.
 
None of this is to say that comfrey doesn't have any value. I have heard,
though not tried personally yet, that cutting fresh comfrey and laying it
down as a mulch works well in some applications, particularly around fruit
trees.
 
 
If this doesn't address your question, please repost with clarification.
 
 
Douglas Larson,

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Subject: [compost_tea] Comfrey compost tea recipe
 



Does anyonw have a recipe for comfrey compost tea?
I'd like to know how much comfrey to soak in a 5 gallon container.
Do you add molassess?
 
Thank you,
Jolene





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