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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Comfrey is a two edged sword.  The fleshy roots do go DEEP and can bring up minerals and break up hard soil.  Also, the leaves can be mowed several times a year to make an excellent compost or mulch.  But once you plant the stuff, it's nearly impossible to get out without something like Roundup.  And don't even THINK of cultivating near it.  Cut and spread even a few roots and it'll get all over creation.  We planted a small row near a fence and now can easily tell where the gophers went by where comfrey comes up from the roots they moved around in their tunnels.  And it's continuing to spread.  The only non-chemical way to kill it is constant, repeated cultivation as soon as it shows a leaf, until the roots are exhausted.  That can take a couple of years.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Apr 13, 2006, at 9:18 AM, Erdman, Jim wrote:

including daffodils and comfrey.  I'll have to look up my notes and handouts from the session, as the bulbs and comfrey are something that I want to try myself, in my orchard.