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  • From: Allan Balliett <aballiett@frontiernet.net>
  • To: Seed Keepers <seedkeepers@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Seed Keepers] Russian Comfrey
  • Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:47:18 -0500

Here's info on the Russian Strain from one of my herbals: "The problem is two-fold: firstly there are two "comfreys" and reference to them is often casual. Regular, common, medicinal comfrey is Symphytum officinale. Russian comfrey, the great compost heap maker, is Symphytum x uplandicum"

The russian is supposedly even more productive than the conventional comfrey. I want the comfrey for compost and for forage/fodder, so I'm seeking the Russian. Unfortunately, I don't know right off how to tell the two apart. (!) _Allan




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