Gardening - Comfrey plant propogation - new plants

Recorded on April 8, 2011 using a Flip Video camcorder.

Here I am showing you a simple and quick way of producing dozens of new Comfrey plants from only one root.

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[tablelands2350]

I have always found the problem was getting comfrey to stop growing..LOL. They tend to take over. We pull the leaves and use them in our composting toilet. Also just lay them as mulch in the garden and let them rot in. A tip is, when transplanting seedlings that need a bit of shade place a lot of comfrey leaves in between the rows. The big leaves provide shade to the seedlings for a couple of days and then wither and provide mulch, by then the seedlings have settled in.

[byronlegend]

@tablelands2350 Thanks for the comment. I had never thought of using bigger leaves to shade the seedlings. Many thanks.

[byronlegend]

Thank you for your comments and sub, it is very much appreciated. The TP rolls are great, I collect them all year long then come the spring there is plenty of free, biodegradeable planting pots.

[MiriamKoempel]

Very well done! Thank you!: ))

[tablelands2350]

@byronlegend In Australia how shading seedlings is esential.

[historicaltrekking]

Excellent. Thank you.

[steintanz]

... very interesting. Good tip on the TP rolls!