Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

Michelle in TX, I'm not aware of any need to plant root cuttings any
particular way. I dug up quite a few this spring, but must have missed some
because the bed is full of comfrey now and in flower. I'll take their
advice and cut the flower stalks and upper leaves to compost right away. In
my spare time of course ... ;-(

paul tradingpost@lobo.net


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On 5/26/2009 at 8:31 PM Michelle wrote:

><<Here's a lot of info on comfrey. Anyone growing it for animal feed?>>
>
>I am growing it for my goats and chickens.  I just planted 6 roots last 
>Fall.  Three of the plants are already about 2 feet tall, and 3 other's
>are 
>just barely poking out of the ground.  I'm thinking maybe I planted those
>3 
>late bloomers upside down or something.  I had a very hard time telling 
>which way was up!
>
>The article was very informative.  I knew comfrey was a good compost 
>activator, but not a good mulch/fertilizer tea.  I'm also very glad to see

>it adds potash.  My garden is a bit lacking in potash.  I usually add all
>of 
>the wood fireplace ashes I can get and that helps some.
>
>Thanks for the info,
>Michelle in TX 
>
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