How to Propagate, Grow and Use Comfrey
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- Comfrey is one of the most valuable plants on our little homestead. If you aren’t familiar with this incredible plant it is time that I introduce you.
What is comfrey? Comfrey is a thick herbaceous perennial with deep roots. It can grow over 3 feet tall. It produces flowers beginning in late spring and continuing into fall. Comfrey produces large amounts of organic matter, builds soil, and can help conserve water. Comfrey is a medicinal powerhouse.
In this video, I will teach you everything you need to know in order to grow comfrey and we’ll explore some of the great ways that you can use comfrey to become more self-reliant.
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For those of you looking for Bocking 14 or Russian Comfrey (sterile variety so that the seeds don't make your yard into one giant comfrey patch), I recommend getting it from Seeds for Generations bit.ly/3lQXXlG
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***As promised, here are a couple of links for Tom Bartel:
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***For those of you looking for Bocking 14 or Russian Comfrey (sterile variety so that the seeds don't make your yard into one giant comfrey patch), I recommend getting it from Seeds for Generations bit.ly/3lQXXlG
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Our 1-yr-old German Shepherd has claimed the comfrey along our back fence as his own. He doesn't eat them or dig by them, he just lays right down on them, snuggles in and hangs out there. It doesn't seem to bother the plants at all, they always just keep growing. :)
GSDs are the best! 🙂
It’s Comfrey. 😂
Is it because the comfrey plants help to keep him cool?
They retain moisture
@@teresajeffrey6165 I didn't think of that, but that's possible, yes.
A friend gifted me a Comfrey plant 4 years ago, which I have kept going in a pot (not being a long history gardner lol) Recently I discovered one of my rabbits had possibly been attacked by another animal. He was down to skin and bone and had an eye infection and my prognosis was not good. I put him in a hutch to "wind down" with water and feed, and put some dried leaf Comfrey in his water and also left a branch of fruitless Mulberry, expecting to find his life gone by morning.
He was only drinking water the first few days.
It's been about two weeks and he just slephed off a half dollar size scab from under his chin - his neck had been torn open and I had not noticed. The neck is bald but beautifully closed.
He's back to his sweet self and gaining weight .
I believe it was the Comfey. 💯
So good to know. Glad your rabbit made it.
Get homophathics kit
@BreakmyWindows That poor rabbit must have been in so much pain. Perhaps a vet should have been called in to examine the wounded rabbit & administer something for pain as well as close the wound. Not sure how you overlooked it's throat being ripped open, a vet exam would have revealed the extent of injuries. I'm all for medicinal herbs, but there is a time & a place for using herbal remedies & this one sounds like a doctor should have been involved.
@@goldenyearsacres9163 Here in Spain, in the rural part where I live, farmers are much the same, they don't take their animals to the vet as we would, especially the small farmers. They wait to see what happens, leaving it to the elements, the universe or god to decide if it's time to go. A totally different attitude to what I've learned during my life before coming here. Took me a while, but I think I finally accepted it. Not everyone can afford vet bills unfortunately
@@goldenyearsacres9163 are you sure about that? Doctors tend to bury their mistakes.
My very best friend was an asthmatic. She could not go to barbques or enter a room where people smoked etc. she slept with her machine for help. She used to go to the gym. Jack Lalane’s. One day she finished exercising and on her way out she ran into Jack himself. He stopped her. Confirmed that she was whizzing and told her to drink comfrey tea and marched on. No hello no good bye. She had no idea what comfrey was. Where to get it etc. it took her dropping into the local health store and she was now making comfrey tea. She did not know how much to drink so she took a thermos full to work each day and drank it all. Soon no more whizzing. No more asthma. For years and years she drank that tea and one day she started to whizz again and realized she had stopped drinking her tea. So needles to say... she went right back to it. Lived to be 96 in terrific health!
Amazing ❤❤
Sadly, I believe they have now recommended that comfrey not be ingested, due to its potential to cause liver toxicity. I've just started growing it, and I need to know more about this concern.
Love your story about the asthma
so many things they try to make us afraid of comfrey has been around for centuries and they've been using it for healing all that time
Then Big Pharma tries to stop us from using it
Roman and Greek warriors used it to heal broken bones, torn rotor cuffs, torn ligaments. It works. I also use the oil on my skin and nails. My nails went from nubs to long and strong nails in 3 weeks
How do you make the oil?
Nice. How do you make the oil?
I love using different herbs I saw comfrey in a nursery and bought it without knowing much about it. I was so disappointed to read on internet to be ver y careful using it don’t use it as tea. Do not consume at all be very careful with it. And will take over your garden if planted in it. I didn’t want to trow it out so I planted it in a pot but away from the grand kids.Now Ive been hearing all this good things about Comfrey but to weary to use it.
Comfry is also a natural insectacide. Thats probably why one of your commenters said that their german shepard liked to lie down in the comfry patch. 😄Smart dog!👍
Im betting he doesnt have a problem with fleas or ticks 😊
Some things I've done with comfrey..
Made a salve with coconut oil. We use it on wounds, sore muscles and using it on my husband's leg (recently sprained it)
Cut the tip of my finger to the bone, used the Comfrey salve and red light therapy. It healed in just a few days.
Had a goat get a serious eye injury. The eye swelled up to over twice it's normal size. Couldn't get a vet to come look at it. Thought I was going to have to put her down when infection started coming out heavily and she was spinning in circles. Started feeding her comfrey and lemon balm leaves...LOTS of them. (Other herbs weren't helping). Not only did the eye heal, but is back to normal size and she has some sight in it. I now have new plants started with plans to start more.
It's interesting that we are told people shouldn't consume comfrey and yet animals eat it like candy with no issues. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
Yes, I read that also. My thoughts are if gov bans its use that must mean it works extremely well. It cuts the profits of big pharma. We can't have that !!
Sure does!
@@eileendarling1093 Exactly!
I bought a tiny plant 5-6 years ago,lol. I do love the plant, mine is not sterile, I now have it everywhere. A few years ago I was out watering plants and I noticed that my comfrey plant, (since I live out in the middle of nowhere, )I figured maybe wildlife was eating it, lol, what I was finally able to discover was, that when my dog wasn’t feeling well, she’d eat comfrey, it never hurt her.
Thank you for sharing! Blessings
Comfrey has helped with sunburn. Had one on my neck. Soaked the leaves in water maybe 5mins. Put the leaves on my neck. Could feel the leaves warming up. It was crazy! Burn did not bother me at all afterwards!
I make a comfrey root tincture. It is great as a compress for broken bones, bruises, and cuts in the skin. It also makes a wonderful foot soak for sore feet, just 2 or 3 tablespoons in a footbath is all you need. Comfrey is also one of my favorite herbs! It makes me happy just to look at it.
how do you make a compress?
Yes amen indeed glory luv it impt.
My father-in-law made a solution with rubbing alcohol for compresses. I didn't know it had other uses.
How many bones do you break?
Out here in the Australian outback, the soil is essentially just red clay and has almost no nutrients. Since i started growing comfrey, the area around it is the only place that i can see a darkening of the soil, even after years of composting and buying soil, the sun is just so powerful in the summer that it sterilizes the earth unless there is an already established tree hanging over it.
I bet it’s packed with nutrients, just not good for roots!
@@nunyabiznass4702 I'm about to try dragon fruit, I hope it likes the clay more than I do.
@@dogmeat7486 have you heard of Korean natural farming KNF? You can collect microbes IMO and add it to your clay/dirt and turn it into some great soil!
Also known as bone knit. I use it by bruising the leaves and wrapping it around the injury. It used to be planted by horse stables for this use.
Grass disease I think its called. Horses suffering crippling effects from the spray on the grass or what ever?
Free mulch that breaks down into fertilizer and a soil builder. It's the #1 plant to have.
@King Yusuf this is scam
@@joshuavazquez5534 no u r a acam
Comfrey is good for mending broken bones. In fact one of it's other names is knitbone. We have plenty comfrey in front next to the house. They are very decorative.
Yes I used it when I was 19 to knit my bone back together in just 3 weeks my cast came off.
Yes i've heard about that! That's amazing. But on the same token it should not be used on cuts or lacerations because it will cause the wound to heal the incorrect order which can cause infections. I just learned that recently. Wounds are supposed to heal from the inside out, but comfrey can cause it to heal from the outside in.
@@christydurham5464 That's awesome.
@@mylittlerebornlove8851 I haven't used it on open wounds and I didn't realize it would heal from the outside in so it is good that I haven't used it that way. Thanks.
@@christydurham5464 Wow, good to know. Can you please explain what to do?
I bought a single comfrey plant from Azure Standard years ago and have been splitting it and planting it all over our homestead. If you’re patient you can divide one plant into many over the years, making it very economical. It’s under our fruit trees to bring up the deep minerals in the soil, and more recently around the perimeter of our garden. My hope is that it will deter grass creep into our vegetable garden and also will be in close proximity for chop and drop to enrich the soil. I’m really hoping that works cuz once you plant it you’re not getting rid of it 😂 We will also use it for chickens and medicinal purposes. Thanks for the video!
How do you use comfrey with your chickens?
@@gracec1665 they eat it
@@lydiahubbell6278 Awesome! Thank you.
If it's near the garden, won't it invade the garden just like grass?
I KNOW THIS about comfrey: Once you plant that stuff, you will NEVER get rid of it, you will have it forever and it spreads like crazy!! Good thing that its so useful!!! I also use it as a green compost/mulch, it has a huge amount of nutrients to feed other plants. Keep on cutting and it keeps growing. Its WONDERFUL!!
Russian comfrey is not invasive.
You missed the part where she said this variety is sterile. I'd try to eradicate what you have now and replace it, where you want it, with Bocking 14.
A friend of mine had a sour on his leg for years made a poltice it healed in 3 days hasn't been back since been years. He is a believer
My son told me yesterday that I have 'stacks' of comfrey growing under my Granny Smith apple tree. He told me it was good for placing nitrogen in the soil. "How did it get there?" I haven't go a clue. Thanks for your video.
Comfrey poultice and salve heals very fast, so be sure you have no infection or dirt in the cut before you use it, because it will close the wound and grow a scar in one day.
When I was small we had a little garden. We considered comfrey as a weed then, which was hard to get rid of, because it was almost impossible to dig out all the roots and it was always growing back. But I remember my mom making a syrup from those roots we were trying to get rid of as good medicine for everything.
I was given a comfrey salve for an elbow injury that I didn’t have the money to go to the doctor about. The comfrey salve healed my elbow in 3 days. I want to grow lots of comfrey plants. 😊
It works the same on cuts,think that's why they call it "stitchwort".
I just found you and thoroughly enjoyed this narrative and photos! I'm a victory garden prepper of sorts and planted comfrey in a circle around each of my fruit trees, and one at the end of each of my raised garden beds (4 x 10 each) to make it easy to chop and drop all summer long :) My chickens however, are not interested until the barren end of summer when there is not much else fresh green to eat. They free range among the comfrey and haven't destroyed it after 5 years. My medicinal use is for a salve and also I make a poultice whenever I've strained a muscle. It really works to relieve the pain and heal faster!
Glad to see others enthusing about comfrey. I've been using it for many years. Incidentally; this may seem pedantic, but the name is Bocking 14 - no "L". Great video.
Comfrey is especially good for viscose veins you make a tea and drink it several times a day
Used comfrey salve on 90 year old relative with Covid. Put salve on her chest, back and bottom of feet and placed on socks. She rested comfortably with less night coughs. Also healed much quickly from Covid.
Love this video! I am self-studying herbalism, and I have always wanted to have comfrey. I will be growing it this spring!
This is timely because just last night my daughter burned her arm in the kitchen… I reached for my frankincense and lavender oil roller ball, as well as my honey/comfrey ointment. This morning the welt has receded by over half and has no pain. Amazing!
I am in Africa we used to eat it as spinach people still do
I have comfrey growing in my yard now. Thank you for the propagation information. God bless you! ❤
Very well done! Thanks for taking the time to make and share. I've grown comfrey for years but learned a lot about it from your video.
I have comfrey now but, it took me forever to find some. No nurseries around here carry it. I finally found some online and got these little tiny root pieces and thought they would never grow but they did of course. I have now given roots to my daughter in law. So glad I have it , now I have to get some mullien and other medicinal herbs.
I think Rare Seeds aka Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds might have Mullein.
I got mine from etsy, and it's doing well so far.
I just got 5 comfrey root cuttings and I'm so excited to grow it to reap the benefits of the plant.
I am glad to hear from you about Comfrey. I have split one plant into three years ago. Then last year I split one into 20. It's so good to hear how it will enrich the soil it is in. That's so good to hear. I've learned about the manure tea of comfrey and nettles. But it was good to hear so much about it. I do use it in my salve (comfrey, yarrow, plantain, calendula and something else I've forgotten. Thanks again.
Kylene,
I would love a start! I just found your channel! It is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your profound knowledge, Linda
Hi there, thank you for enlighten me about Comfrey. I have lots of them. Some with purple and some with white flowers. I use them as mulching or just spreading shredded leaves around my plants. I also use them as an accelerator for my compost.
I too enjoy watching beneficial pollinators hoping from one comfrey flower to another. I have just learned that you can make a balm with comfrey too.
This is my next task. Thank you.
Yacoob from UK.
I've had comfrey going for 40 something years in my garden. I have it everywhere it is even taken off to the woods. In the spring I offer it to friends or anyone who would like some and there is still more in the garden. It's one of my favorite plants.
Can I buy some starts from you?
@@barbaragage657 im looking for some also
I would be interested in buying some from you too! I'm in North Carolina. Zone 7.
I'd like to buy some from you, please.
Well I'm located in Maine I live in the woods and I have no car to get it to the post office. I offer it for free if somebody wants to come and dig it up themselves.
We loved growing in school gardens. The kids would take a leaf and tear it up and use it for a “garden badge”. So cute to see the kids wearing their comfrey badges all day!
Thanks for sharing this knowledge, I now know where to plant it in my garden. It will be a pollinator and planted next to raspberries and my annual vegetable plot. I am learning more and more thanks to those on UA-cam who continue to share.
Thanks for responding! Of course! I couldn’t even imagine letting a bunny in the garden. I rescue domestic bunnies and only keep them inside.
I have a lot of woodchucks on my property so growing a garden is a challenge. They even eat more than bunnies.
I appreciate all of your sharing. It’s great to see how your entire family has grown and shared together.
A few years ago I got a. Brown recluse spider bite on the side of my right wrist ...I completely healed it by interchanging 3 different poultices...2 of which contained comfrey as one of the ingredients
I'm curious, what were the other 2 herbs used in your poultices? It would be very helpful to myself and others to have that documented in a herbal journal . Thanks for the heads up on nasty spider bites....I appreciate it☺️
I would love to know the recipe also! Maybe make a video?
Make it 3. I'd love to have the recipe.
Just ordered the seeds and can't wait to grow them. Ty for you work and knowledge. ❤️❤️❤️
I have just discovered this plant, just only a few days ago, I'm going to get the front garden sorted this week to start growing it, but just now I bought dried comfrey root & herbal tea pot and I bought comfrey ointment for my sore hip. I only started tonight!
Great video , thank you .
A friend gave me a plant 2 years ago and it's just huge . Concidering the times we are in and my accident prone nature , I'm going to chop the plant and dry in the shed . The new balm .
Your videos are so incredibly informative! Appreciate you so much!
This is an amazing plant. Plant anywhere and It will thrive.
I have an abundance of comfrey growing along the river at my farm. I’ve eaten many leaves while working in my garden. I LOVE them. I did research on herbal properties vs. commercial pharmaceutical for my naturopathic certification. which stated that it was the equivalence of 25 bushels of comfrey root were given to the rats to indicate liver toxicity. I never ate that much, hahaha.
@@TheProvidentPrepper maybe too amazing now that we know what they are doing to food supply. They found eggs to be bad for you, remember?
In college we injected Coffee that was reduced to a thick gel into rats and discovered caffeine kills them.
Hi all, any success remedies for post shingles?
What a wonderful plant and l thank you for all the information you imparted.l never knew anything about comfrey,and l am really excited to look more into this.Thank you so very much.Kind Regards.
last spring I got a little comfrey start, it grew and grew and was so pretty. But you said it would be OK at -40 but this one just melted down in the first hard frost. I sure hope its OK, can hardly wait till spring which is slow getting up here.
I wholly support everything said here. I’m a big fan of what we call in the U.K. as the “Chelsea chop”. It’s as good as composting. I rescued my crop from the side of a footpath in the village where there was a Roman settlement - they would have known the value of it. I use it to shelter other plants from serious summer heat, which was valuable this year..didn’t know chuks love it. Thank you. What an enjoyable video.
What is chunks?
@@Thisisit120 chickens - chuks (chooks)
When I moved into my apartment, I planted a tiny comfrey plant from my old home - just a tiny plant in a plastic cup. I only have a small strip of flowerbed in front of my apartment and wow! That comfrey plant grew to 3ftx3ft the next summer. I'm going to have to take it out, as it completely overtook my nice plants. It doesn't get full sun, so that may be why it developed a white powdery mold.
My comfrey is always covered in all kinds of bees. It's very vigorous. Will try drying some and making a salve with it.
Also, I grow a lot of comfrey (the woodchucks leave it alone!) It’s great to know that I can introduce it to bunnies.
I’ve been rescuing rabbits for 24 years and never saw that on a safe greens list. Thank you!
Great video, thank you. Comfrey is such an important plant to have in your arsenal.
Great job!
Very informative and organized...and I love your passion!
Wow! Your video is so succinct-- a compact, straight to the point wealth of helpful information and encouragement. Will definitely grow this! Thank you 👏😃
I just bought 20 comfrey starts. I've got them potted and starting to sprout up. I'm planning on planting them around my fruit trees and my chicken coop
I have tons of comfrey. It is very invasive so plant it where you can control it. I have used the rhizome for sprains and bumps on myself and children.
As long as you understand that what is discussed in the video is a specific variety of comfrey called Bocking 14 that is not invasive, non spreading. Bocking 14 comfrey only reproduces from root cuttings.
My comfrey does not propagate by seed but the roots do expand every year just like many perennials but not as bad as mints. So I just dig out the expanded portion, usually about 6 inches from the center root and either divide and transplant or put the extra roots in my burn pile - NOT the compost or even the smallest root piece will sprout wherever it travels :)
@@curiouscat3384 if your compost gets hot enough it should kill the roots, but I know sometimes it’s hard to get even temps. There is an art to it!
@@rockjockchick Organic market farmers and Homesteaders pay a lot of attention to making "hot compost" but I doubt your average suburban gardener manages that very well, myself included, lol.
Wow, I learn something from every video. Thanks.
Love comfrey, and it’s in my garden.
Great video! Right to the point (thank you!!), no music while you’re talking and awesome information! I’ll be back :)
Thank you, it’s on my list to plant this year!!
Thank you! This was such a helpful video regarding Comfrey. As a mom and pediatrician, I truly see the value of all the ways that Comfrey can be used for health, wellness, sustainability, and through the garden. Many blessings to you.
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I have comfrey in my garden that was given to me by grandmother. It is not sterile because I have small plants that pop up around it so it must be seeding itself. It is very difficult to get rid of, especially if you let it grow to full size. I have used the root on sprains and bumps and it takes the swelling down. I have cut the leaves and placed them over my garden beds in the fall. I think next spring I will cut the leaves and put them around my young plants.
I’m doing chop and drop as well for 2 years now, incl. green kitchen scraps. I have comprey and dandelion in the spring for mineral mining.
i too use comfrey alot, making liquid fertilizer, used it when I fractured the head of my radius bone in my elbow, soak my feet in it as a foot bath, make tinctures, I love it and yes I grow alot to to increase my bees in the garden also borage alongside and thank you from New Zealand
Not sure if you’ve got a video on it or now, but one about the herbs you grow and what you tend to use it medicinally for would be gnarly.
Great its amazing for tea and i have been absolutely stunned what it did for my compost heap ! Broke it all down in maybe two days it was inasne. Ill never look back!
I sprained my ankle and luckily I work in a greenhouse. I made a salve with a clearance comfrey. It helped IMMENSELY with the swelling.
Mine hasn't flowered but it did bounce back and has 2 new sprouts.
Once Again Awesome INFO.. i just ordered me some plants. keep up the GREAT INFO. Jones Strong!!
I just got comfrey today. I’m so excited!
Excellent presentation very informative, appreciate you.
My comfrey is currently flowering in zone 8! So pretty!
When i was a kid, every time the siblings of my family experienced stomach ache, this plant used to cure in s minute time and we have this plant in our garden for 15 years and it is proven effective. Im from philippines anyway.
Do you have recipes for the oil and salve that you make with this? I am interested in this.
I watched a video. The Nature Path related a story. A farmer in Australia's cow was deathly sick. His vet recommended he put the cow down. Farmer decided if the cow was going to die. It would not hurt to start feeding the cow comfrey. After a few days the cow was not dead but was better. Long story short. The cow recovered.
Thank you so much for sharing the information about the comfrey plant ma'am
BTW it's Bocking 14 comfrey (not blocking.) It's named after the place in England where research on the 20 different comfrey varieties was done. Found this while googling - "the term "Bocking" refers to a village subdistrict, in Braintree district, Essex in England. The term was applied to comfrey by Lawrence D. Hills who chose it during his research simply because it was the location of his research." Both Bocking 4 and Bocking 14 are non spreading. Everyone can do their own research by googling, but yes Bocking 14 sounds the best to use it for multiple uses. I think Bocking 4 is used more for live stock feed only, though I am no expert. One can purchase the regular comfrey that is very invasive, so it IS very important to make sure you are getting Bocking 14 comfrey. Thanks for educating people on that!
Please, how do I use comfrey root? My bones and teeth hurt a lot! Shall I boil it and drink it as tea?
I would see a dentist, forget about plants, they will do nothing.
or try toothache plant
@@fa..4983 that can work or buy a tincture and rub it on topically with your fingers. I would definitely see the dentist as well.
@@user-22- lol if it’s gone too far, yes a dentist is best. You’re dead wrong about plants though - where do you think pharma gets all their medicine bases from?… actually if we just trusted God meant what He said about how vegetation was made to help us instead of trusting in man, we would not get sick or deficient to begin with.
Thank you for the introduction, never heard of Comfrey until now. I will try growing in my home in the Northwest & in West Africa.
@@TheProvidentPrepper Gambia is just below the Equator & you can grow just about any plant when cared for properly.
Love my Comfrey! 40 years of using it. I eat a few young leaves in salads during the growing season and use the rest as a liquid feed along with nettles, dandelions and plantain. Love from Geordie land xx
I'm feeling that you might not realise, we are not supposed to consume Comfrey orally. It is known to double cell growth. Good for ointment and as a compost, but not good for stomach or people who may be susceptible to bowel cancer
Ingestion not recommended, or very sparingly if needed, as it has both liver damage and cancer-causing properties.
Once had a goat attacked by dogs, bites all over, I made comfrey poultice and applied to wounds, within weeks they had healed up with little scarring. 😊
Very educational. Thanks for the video
We just moved into our house this winter. I've heard about comfrey and it's awesomeness before but didn't really know what it looked like until I had this plant come out of no where in full glory that I identified it. I'm so glad to have it and know I know how to propagate it, thanks!
Thank for info😊
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Some physios use comfrey to help heal broken bones. It used to be called “knit bone” and the leaves need to be laid on the break area for about 15 mins. each day.
I've used it my whole life. I know it makes an injury heal faster. If used to help a bone injury that injury doesn't ache years later in bad weather. And I've also heard, from my dad it can CURE stomach ulcers. I've recommended it to a older gentleman who complained of stomach problems, but also to do his own research. He told me he ate a little bit in his eggs in the morning for 2 days in a row and on the third day he was cutting some of it up for his breakfast eggs and he just stopped because he realized his stomach hasn't felt that good in 30 years. Or so he told me, and I believed him, his whole disposition was way more upbeat and genuinely seemed more happy. I'm hoping to learn more uses from you.
Oh, we gather the fresh leaves and let them soak in a large mouth jar in rubbing alcohol for 3 days minimum before use then either rub the liquid on the injured area or soak a clean rag and ring it out over the jar till its mildly damp to slightly wet and bandage it on the injured area plus I've put on my legs wen I had "growing pains" when I was very young and it always seemed to help🙂 thanks
I started comfry this winter in a pot, took about 4months for it to sprout! Now im thinking about where to plant it in my yard!
My Dad called it knitbone and I brought some to this house 33 years ago.
He used it as a compost plant and so do I.
I don't know if the seeds grow as I've never left them to try, I'm happy with the plant I've got. I never knew the roots went that deep.
The Root is the best part.
@@loladennler571 Right? Okay.
It is so giving.
I want some Comfrey. It’s a fabulous plant!
I use it to cure wounds on horses. Crunch fresh leaves, apply directly and bandage accordingly to the area you are treating❤️
Put of curiosisty. Does hair regrow where you use this on your horse?
@@annishiaeskew7323 yes if kept moist with aloe Vera or burnt motor oil.
Very informative! Thank you for all the tips and tricks! Best, Albert
I've not grown it, but now I'm going to try. Saludos desde Costa Rica :)
This is a great video! Thank you for a joyful, informative, straight forward video with great pictures. I have been looking for a plant that I can plant to feed our chickens that is a perennial, can do well in shade and sun, and can be used without allowing it to flower. We had to cut down our apple trees because it was attracting wasps too close to our house and they were making their way through the siding INSIDE our house. So this leafy fodder is absolutely perfect. Thank you so much! I am subscribing to your channel right now. God bless you!
I found it wonderful for my back I have 35 metals screws brackets an 4 rods in my spine Ive made salve but it cost alot for me to buy dried confrey so I got a root today to try an grow my own ❤️❤️ God Bless Rebecca 70+
So sorry about your back! That sounds miserable! I hope the comfrey helps.
Did the comfrey grow for you, and did it help your pain?
Watch your blood pressure over time !
Thank you. Very helpful information. 😃
Chickens love it. Ducks seem to love it even more!
i am growing comfry and didnt know it. this is the second year. ty for video. now i know what to do with it ha
Great video - Here is the Southeast I struggled with the "simple planting". Just putting a root in the ground that is mostly clay and not watering regularly did not work out well. I did a trial and found that if you put in a well established area with good soil and constant water then it will root, but with most plants you need to baby it the first year until that tap root can get deep in the ground. Maybe not everywhere but surely here in the south of US. Thanks again for the informative video.
Your video is fabulous! I wrecked my left rotator cuff in a stupid fall and had to undergo mayor reconstructive surgery to reattach my biceps, several tendons and ligaments almost a month ago and am still not permitted to use my shoulder!
Thankfully, there is almost no pain now. I am very interested in acquiring some miracle comfrey to speed up my healing and full recovery. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
I need RC surgery and hoped I could just wear a bunch of comfrey leaves wrapped around it to heal it rather than surgical repair 🤪... half kidding, but I might actually try it...
Was very informative, thanks for the video.
I use comfrey as a tea, though it isn't very good tasting so I add ginger in the brew.
Don't do that! Comfrey contains toxins that damage liver, and are potentially carcinogenic. Use it topically, on skin - as salves, balms and compresses. After two years I hope you are still OK.
Thank you for your wonderful & powerful information
Thank you - great vid...I'm getting some comfrey!