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Subject: Re: Comfrey to Feed Plants?
From: "Claude Genest" <genest@together.net>
Organization: Together Networks - Burlington, VT.
Date: Fri, 05 May 00 02:45:28
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Comfrey is a nitrogen fixer that also mines calcium.
I have seen it used extensively in Permaculture systems as a rough mulch.
Basically, they grow it near/around other plants and when they want to mulch
out weeds/and or provide a shot of nutition, they simply tear off a few
leaves and lay it around whatever plant they want to favor.
People are a bit wary of doing this in conventional gardens because it's
hard to get rid of it once established ( mowing spreads it something fierce)
It'a also good chicken food.
It's also good to place a leaf or two on a burn or a cut.
It's also good in your salad though in small quantities as apparently too
much is toxic too humans ( though many swear by the benefits in smaller
quantities)

Regards,
Claude
Roy Turner wrote in message
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>
> Hi, from Indiana. I am very interested in what Polly told Lou about
> comfrey being used to feed plants. I have lots of comfrey, as it will
> grow on our lake bank where nothing else seems to, and I did not know I
> could make a tea from it to feed
> other plants. Does anyone know what it does for the plants?
> Becky
>