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Originally posted by rary View PostI have just drawn off some pressed comfrey juice and refilled the pipe that I use for the press, I have put the old comfrey into the compost bin but does it count as a green addition to the compost or is it brown?
Again the mixing process with compost is not entirely scientific for us mere mortals. I usually make any needed amendment to the composition when/if I turn the heap and find it needs more brown because it's slimmy, more green because it's all harn lumps, or more water because it's like a thatched roof or that blue green grass clippings with a dry white powder coat.
I do like your idea of a tube to press comfrey, is that a length of soil pipe? Consider that idea stolen.
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I have just drawn off some pressed comfrey juice and refilled the pipe that I use for the press, I have put the old comfrey into the compost bin but does it count as a green addition to the compost or is it brown?
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Originally posted by Vince G View PostI recently rigged up 2 new 200L water butts to my lottie shed and they are nearly full with all the rain we've had lately. I had compfrey in my plot but it got invasive as was the sort that chucked seed everywhere. Some still comes up, so that's going in the water butts and is beginning to whiff a bit! There's enough in there to feintly colour the water now, so I reckon it's good stuff.
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I recently rigged up 2 new 200L water butts to my lottie shed and they are nearly full with all the rain we've had lately. I had compfrey in my plot but it got invasive as was the sort that chucked seed everywhere. Some still comes up, so that's going in the water butts and is beginning to whiff a bit! There's enough in there to feintly colour the water now, so I reckon it's good stuff.
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Originally posted by ameno View Post
I've heard this said before, but I actually kind of like the smell. I find it smells uncannily like the fermented foods one can buy in Japan. It reminds me of browsing a Japanese supermarket.
Now nettles, they really do produce a brew with an offensive smell.
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Originally posted by ESBkevin View PostThe lot, I scrunch it up or rip it a bit and toss it in the (sealed) bucket. After 3-4 weeks the stench is very pervaiding so don't spill it on your skin/clothes unless you already have no friends and family!
Now nettles, they really do produce a brew with an offensive smell.
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The lot, I scrunch it up or rip it a bit and toss it in the (sealed) bucket. After 3-4 weeks the stench is very pervaiding so don't spill it on your skin/clothes unless you already have no friends and family!
Leave it longer and the liquid gets darker, but I'm using all I can make at the moment.
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Comfrey feed
When making a comfrey feed is it better just to use the leaves by themselves or do you get the same benefits using the stems as wellTags: None
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