Comments on: Making Comfrey Juice http://organicgarden.org.uk Organic gardening news, views, interviews, help and support Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:25:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: col2 http://organicgarden.org.uk/gardening/comfrey/making-comfrey-juice/comment-page-1#comment-43 col2 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:27:22 +0000 http://organicgarden.org.uk/blog/?page_id=283#comment-43 I checked the size of the 10 plant comfrey bed and it's about 4m square. That might seem like a lot of space but comfrey plants are big and vigorous so need space. I would also add that the only way I could keep my small polytunnel going last year was to make the comfrey juice in a barrel. Each load took about 0.25-0.30 of the comfrey from the 10 plant bed. It regrew quickly so there could be continuous cropping. Maybe I was over feeding to tomatoes, who knows, but they did crop well even with the poor weather. The toms were in soil beds. I checked the size of the 10 plant comfrey bed and it’s about 4m square. That might seem like a lot of space but comfrey plants are big and vigorous so need space. I would also add that the only way I could keep my small polytunnel going last year was to make the comfrey juice in a barrel. Each load took about 0.25-0.30 of the comfrey from the 10 plant bed. It regrew quickly so there could be continuous cropping. Maybe I was over feeding to tomatoes, who knows, but they did crop well even with the poor weather. The toms were in soil beds.

]]> By: col2 http://organicgarden.org.uk/gardening/comfrey/making-comfrey-juice/comment-page-1#comment-42 col2 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:40:41 +0000 http://organicgarden.org.uk/blog/?page_id=283#comment-42 James, these are really hard questions to answer. I did some trials last year and got far more juice form the same quantity of material at different times of the year. There was also a difference in quantity of liquid produced when using just leaves or leaves and stems. Initially I had 10 plants which used a fair sized area which I will measure next time I'm at the garden. There are so many other variables like how often you feed, how you are growing the toms i.e. in post or in the ground etc etc. I guess my answer will be try it and see. Comfrey plants need space so grow as many as you can in the space you have. It will always be a compromise between giving space to Comfrey and using it for veg but it is a very useful plant to have as it has lots of uses. James, these are really hard questions to answer. I did some trials last year and got far more juice form the same quantity of material at different times of the year. There was also a difference in quantity of liquid produced when using just leaves or leaves and stems. Initially I had 10 plants which used a fair sized area which I will measure next time I’m at the garden. There are so many other variables like how often you feed, how you are growing the toms i.e. in post or in the ground etc etc. I guess my answer will be try it and see. Comfrey plants need space so grow as many as you can in the space you have. It will always be a compromise between giving space to Comfrey and using it for veg but it is a very useful plant to have as it has lots of uses.

]]> By: JamesA http://organicgarden.org.uk/gardening/comfrey/making-comfrey-juice/comment-page-1#comment-41 JamesA Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:10:41 +0000 http://organicgarden.org.uk/blog/?page_id=283#comment-41 I'm interested in growing comfrey fro use as liquid fertilizer. I have a small veg plot at home with say 5 tomato plants 3 courgette plants runner beans, spinach, peas etc. I wonder if you could tell me how many comfrey plants I'll need to grow? How many comfrey plants are needed for each tomato plant to provide a whole years fertilizer? I’m interested in growing comfrey fro use as liquid fertilizer. I have a small veg plot at home with say 5 tomato plants 3 courgette plants runner beans, spinach, peas etc.

I wonder if you could tell me how many comfrey plants I’ll need to grow? How many comfrey plants are needed for each tomato plant to provide a whole years fertilizer?

]]> By: Soil fertility, sustainability and city gardens - Growing organic food http://organicgarden.org.uk/gardening/comfrey/making-comfrey-juice/comment-page-1#comment-19 Soil fertility, sustainability and city gardens - Growing organic food Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:29:01 +0000 http://organicgarden.org.uk/blog/?page_id=283#comment-19 [...] are ways of producing plant nutrients on a small scale e.g. making comfrey juice and other plant based feeds.  A gardener can be almost fertiliser self-sufficient but there will [...] [...] are ways of producing plant nutrients on a small scale e.g. making comfrey juice and other plant based feeds.  A gardener can be almost fertiliser self-sufficient but there will [...]

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