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Subject: Re: Comfrey to Feed Plants?
From: "Frank & Kristin" <sven@alum.rpi.edu>
Organization: East Tennessee Ridge Runners
Date: Wed, 10 May 00 23:01:39
Message-ID: <MOD$000510.29626@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$000427.24153@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$000505.11277@rec.gardens.ecosystems>



I would like to grow comfrey as a feed for goats and chickens. Do you know
of a source for comfrey seed?
Thanks.

Kristin Hoffman

"Claude Genest" wrote in message
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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
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