Texas Gardening: What to Do with This Comfrey Plant?, 0 by podster

podster wrote:
Comfrey is an excellent soil enhancer. The roots reach deeply and bring nutrients up to it and other things in the garden or flower bed.

Dried Comfrey leaves also make an excellent tea to use as a liquid fertilizer for your plants. I do this by chopping leaves finely and adding a gallon of water to the water can. I make sure my pets can't get to the water but let the water/leaf mixture ferment in the heat before using.

You can also turn dried Comfrey leaves into your garden beds. Or you could add them to the compost pile. Just make sure they are dry with no rootstock attached. Pieces of root will take off and take over.

Comfrey is now considered a carcinogen and is not recommended to use internally any longer but a salve or bandage made from Comfrey leaves will also help heal a wound more quickly. Make sure the wound is clean or it will heal too quickly with contamination inside. Comfrey is also used on sprains and broken bones. Its common name in olden days was knitbone or boneset.

I think it is a pretty plant with attractive blooms. I understand if I cut the bloom stalks off, it will continue to produce more leaves but I enjoy the blooms and have never had it reseed. I keep mine in a large container.