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Kirsten Zulyevic

PDF Comfrey Planting Guide

Updated: Nov 12, 2022


Planting comfrey is easy with rootlets and crowns. What are the differences and why choose one over the other? Well, rootlets are less expensive so large installations of comfrey are more easily accomplished with rootlets. Crowns and divisions will cost more, however, they establish much more quickly. Either way you go, having comfrey on the homestead is a huge benefit as fodder for your animals, fertilizer for your plants, and their deep roots pull up nutrients from the soil to make them more available to surrounding trees and plants.


Our comfrey is a bocking, sterile comfrey that will not propagate through self-seeding. It stays in a clump, however as the crown ages, the center will die out leaving a ring of active growth. For this reason, comfrey benefits from being dug and up divided every few years. This is a great chance to share comfrey with your friends and family, sell to generate homestead income or create more plants to increase your own fodder or fertilizer.


While it isn't ideal, you can put your new rootlets or crown divisions while still in the bag, into the refrigerator for several weeks. Just monitor the moisture to ensure they do not rot or dry out.


We have rootlets for sale now, and crown divisions coming soon. We will be digging it year-round starting in 2023. If you see it out of stock, just sign up on for stock notifications and I will work to get it back in-stock.


Do you use comfrey on your homestead? Let us know by leaving a comment below; it helps our blog to grow and we appreciate the support!


Herbally,


Kirsten and Co.


You can order your comfrey here:


Here's an easy-to-follow guide for planting your new comfrey:




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debil60
Nov 13, 2022

I have tried many different ways to keep weeds off my plants but I've heard great things about using comfrey. I look forward to growing and using it soon.

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kristinethecoolmom
Nov 13, 2022

I live in zone 8a, Olympia WA. I love the beautiful flowers of comfrey and I took at least a dozen photos last season and I cut and dropped three times just last season. Then, in Sept I pulled all the comfrey from my garden. I noticed it was the singular plant that got powdery mildew and wouldn't abate...and then spread to nearby lemon balm and calendula. So...out my beautiful large plant came.


So...do you also experience comfrey getting powdery mildew and how do you control that?


My gardens are small...10 ftx40ish ft in my back yard (now all gardens). ...so I don't have room to grow it off by itself

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Kirsten Zulyevic
Nov 13, 2022
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Awe, yeah.. In our PNW climate powdery mildew can be a problem. My calendula usually succumbs to it by late fall. I am not sure I have spotted it on the comfrey, but I do have mine in full sun and unobstructed by other plants, as well as spaced out. But it can still get the best of our plants depending on the climate. I would treat it with a 40% milk to 60% water dilution and spray leaves and stalks well on all sides every week. This gets harder in a wet fall. Cutting them down to the ground, removing all leaves and then spraying the crown would be a good idea if you can.

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angelchilton
Nov 13, 2022

We're so excited to start growing comfrey! We're going to use it as fodder for our rabbits!

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Kirsten Zulyevic
Nov 13, 2022
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That's exciting!! What an excellent use for it. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

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