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sounds like I got a good one going...well so be it, those who have individual 
plantings of comfrey in regularly maintained spaces, I salute you. Those that 
have rethought a planting years later and discovered comfrey roots at six 
foot depths and spread 15 feet wide are fearful, particularly in an orchard 
scenario. I would say not the most intrusive, but very limiting to the next 
person who might see your former property a little different. some real 
estate folks/gardeners I know discourage planting this herb for this very 
reason. also maintaining an orchard is a like trying to keep up with a team 
of horses, especially in the first years. better to get established trees and 
acreage figured out. but I stick to my guns about some of these so called 
nitrogen fixing plants from asia etc. I feel the same way about ivys, I can;t 
believe nurseries still sell virginia creeper! my thought is always what if 
you die or move on and the land sits unmanaged for a number of years? are you 
i!
nviting a plant or combination of plants that might reach beyond your 
intention? Round up does very little to discourage comfrey by the way, and 
have you ever seen the results of a tiller through a area with even a little 
comfrey? bye bye summer, hello weeding. just seen too many old or vacant 
lots/houses turning into a question where a bulldozer and new loam is the 
only answer for the next resident.
heron breen, maine zone 4b
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:07:25 +0000 (UTC), "robscott@freeshell.org" 
<robscott@freeshell.org> wrote:

> 
> OK, this is an off-shoot:
> 
> Does anyone have experience with the smaller cultivars of Comfrey? I
> bought a few Dwarf plants with magenta flowers, and a few "creeping
> comfrey" plants with blue flowers this year, also supposedly less than
> 18", but I've yet to see either of them take off -- anyone have
> experience?
> 
> Rob Scott
> Urbana Permaculture Project
> 
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