RUSSIAN COMFREY – BOCKING 14
HIGH POTASH CONTENT & TRACE MINERALS
USE FOR:
- COMFREY LIQUID
- MULCHING
- COMPOST ACTIVATOR
COMFREY LIQUID – USE AS A HIGH POTASH LIQUID FEED DILUTED WITH 15 PARTS WATER TO 1 PART COMFREY
MAKE IN SUMMER:
- PLACE A LARGE PLANT POT INSIDE A BUCKET
- PLACE A TILE UNDERNEATH THE PLANT POT
- PACK THE PLANT POT WITH COMFREY LEAVES
- ADD A COUPLE OF LARGE STONES/BRICKS
- DO NOT ADD WATER(WATER MAKES IT SMELLY)
- COVER TO AVOID RAIN
- PUT IN A SHELTERED PLACE
- LIQUID WILL START TO RUN IN ABOUT 6 WEEKS
- POUR LIQUID INTO A SEALED CONTAINER
- CONTINUE PACKING LEAVES IN THE BUCKET & REMOVING LIQUID ALL SUMMER – KEEP LIQUID OUT OF SUN
- AT END OF SUMMER, TIP LEAF RESIDUE ONTO COMPOST HEAP
- STORE LIQUID IN A COOL DARK PLACE FOR LATER USE
MULCHNG
USE LEAVES TO MULCH UNDER LARGE VEG WHERE IT WILL BREAK DOWN AND FEED THE PLANTS
ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR OUTDOOR TOMATOES
COMPOST ACTIVATOR
VERY USEFUL AS A COMPOST ACTIVATOR – WORKS BETTER IF CHOPPED TO INCREASE SURFACE AREA FOR BACTERIA TO WORK ON