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    Hi all. I was given a few comfrey plants recently so just after I planted them I gave them a bit of a hair cut. I bunged the offcuts in a bucket and drowned them with water. Then I went for a little wander and found a patch of nettles, gave them a haircut and bunged em in too. So have I either..made a fab brew for all my plants, fruiting, flowering and leaf...OR made a boo boo and will have to start again using seperate buckets ?

  • #2
    Should be fine - don't worry.

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    • #3
      Nah- you've just made a 'general feed'

      Why not make up 2 more buckets as you'd originally intended- one with nettles and one with comfrey??

      Fun all this concocting business isn't it???
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4
        That I may well do. If I was to hang a net bag of horse poo in water, what could I feed that to ?
        Also Ive heard that comfrey is really invasive, is it ? Ive got a big garden but after years of attacking brambles, ivy, blackthorn, lemon balm and mint I'm a little reluctant to bung it in the ground.

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        • #5
          Depends on the type of comfrey- if it was wild originally then it'll self seed.

          I'm not so bothered about that to be honest- you can always weed it out when they are small plants- or glyphosate if it proves stubborn!
          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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          • #6
            I have one smelly brew of each on the go................cor, it don't half pong!
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

            Diversify & prosper


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            • #7
              My OH blamed the pong on the chickens next door , till he lifted the cover on the container.
              * reminder buy a face mask for using said smelly stuff
              S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
              a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

              You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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              • #8
                talking of pong - I've got a bucket of sheep pooh & water on the go - should I be covering it?

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                • #9
                  Dunno I was just trying to contain the smell..................
                  S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                  a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                  You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                  • #10
                    Well ? horse poo in water ? useful ? Or just a stinky bucket of water ?

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                    • #11
                      no idea - but let us know how oyu get on with it. .i just let mine rot down and then spread it on the raised beds

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by newbieveggie View Post
                        Well ? horse poo in water ? useful ? Or just a stinky bucket of water ?
                        I think the resulting liquid makes a good feed . My grandad used to hang a bag of soot in his water butt. Not many chimbleys around these days tho'
                        S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                        a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                        You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                        • #13
                          I hope the horse poo is a good idea, I've got half a barrel of it filled with water to use as feed.

                          And as for stinky comfrey/nettles, I watched the cat scarper the length of the garden after it went to investigate what it was earlier, that was very funny

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                          • #14
                            Comfrey is more nutritious than horse poo, which is better used as a bulky soil improver.

                            If you don't cover the bucket, it'll attract flies.

                            Bocking 14 is the non-invasive (sterile) comfrey. You can only propagate it by division/root cuttings, not from seed. There are squillions of threads about it if you have a rootle through the old threads. I got mine on eBay and have since divided it into at least 40 plants.
                            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                            • #15
                              Thanks for all the help. I have a veritable liquid feast rotting for my plants now and have bought some Bocking 14 comfrey off ebay. I think I will chuck out the other stuff just in case it spreads.

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