Comfrey is Amazing

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David The Good

David The Good

Күн бұрын

The benefits of comfrey are wide-ranging. Is it right for your garden?
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Comfrey is medicinal, good to make liquid fertilizer, a great chop and drop plant, and is highly recommended in permaculture. Today we look at the good side of comfrey! Growing comfrey in Florida didn't work great for us.... but growing comfrey in Tennessee did! Right plant, right place.

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@Jerome_Inflation_Powell
@Jerome_Inflation_Powell Жыл бұрын
Comfrey brings in all the Bumblebees! 🐝
@putrid_swamp_juice
@putrid_swamp_juice Жыл бұрын
I grow comfrey and thyme next to each other. Bumblebee heaven! ❤
@BarbaraShafferIsagenix
@BarbaraShafferIsagenix Жыл бұрын
🎶 myyyy comfrey brings all the bees to the yard! 🎶
@Jerome_Inflation_Powell
@Jerome_Inflation_Powell Жыл бұрын
@@putrid_swamp_juice great idea!
@Jerome_Inflation_Powell
@Jerome_Inflation_Powell Жыл бұрын
@@BarbaraShafferIsagenix 😂🐝😂
@GrFkDsGnR
@GrFkDsGnR Жыл бұрын
I freaking love your channel David. Thank you for being so authentically you and so perfectly unapologetic about it, and bringing such an accessible, can-do attitude towards gardening. You are forever, reminding me that it doesn’t have to be complicated, and all it really requires is a little commitment to some manual labor and some creativity and you can really have a lot of success and maybe even a little fun and learn something!
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
If I ever stop having fun, I'll become a landscape painter instead of a garden KZbinr. Thank you, Morgan.
@sonnyamoran7383
@sonnyamoran7383 Жыл бұрын
Here's to having a good time. 👍 I hope you stay having a good time. Love your videos.
@GLG_YT
@GLG_YT Жыл бұрын
My two favorite videos comfrey is terrible and comfrey is amazing lol 😂
@beefbased89
@beefbased89 Жыл бұрын
Western Oregon rainforest here. Comfrey grows like a... well... a weed. My husband was injured in the winter and it was such a bummer not having fresh Comfrey! From "Be Your Own Doctor" by Rachel Weaver, put 3 Comfrey leaves, a bunch of mint, pineapple juice and ice in a blender. Blend and drink for pain relief and speedy healing from injuries.
@somerandomperson1503
@somerandomperson1503 Жыл бұрын
Comfrey is considerably hepatotoxic. You may want to reconsider using it, given that it is a well-documented carcinogen, which is known to cause liver cancer.
@reno_death
@reno_death 10 ай бұрын
@@somerandomperson1503 Water kills people every day, should we stop drinking water too?
@daigledj
@daigledj Жыл бұрын
I think borage is my new chop n drop to spread everywhere. Quick growing, medicinal, edible, deep rooted, great for bees and other animals. Borage; comfrey's better looking cousin
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Жыл бұрын
What does borage do, medicinally? And what zone are you in?
@daigledj
@daigledj Жыл бұрын
@It's shrimp in a bag! Zone 8b. Borage is used for inflammation (especially internal), depression, and hormonal issues, among other things
@spiritranger9202
@spiritranger9202 Жыл бұрын
Love borage too. Good companion plant. Readily self seeds. Beautiful star shaped flowers that taste sort of cucumber like, almost effervescent.
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Жыл бұрын
@@daigledj Thanks!
@kma5699
@kma5699 4 ай бұрын
Will it survive summer weather in Florida?
@deecooper1567
@deecooper1567 Жыл бұрын
I ❤ comfrey. Have it in several places in the garden 🪴👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️
@KiloBravo69
@KiloBravo69 Жыл бұрын
I have been gardening for over 30 years from zone 10 in Southern California to zone 8b in Portland, Oregon. My favorite variety is Russian bocking 14. Interestingly it is a non invasive type, it still grows big and you can easily divide it but it won't run all over the yard, you can put it where you want and it will stay right there until you move it. However, it does act differently from zone 10 to zone 8b. In zone 10, it would wane in the heat of mid summer but do very well all the rest of the year. Up here in zone 8b it does wonderful in spring and summer but dies back to the ground during late fall and winter, but it always comes back. Even a half inch piece of root planted in early spring will produce a healthy and vigorous plant by late summer "for me" ;-)
@cobysmith3179
@cobysmith3179 Жыл бұрын
I got so sunburnt on Saturday at a local art festival and I used my comfrey salve (olive oil, beeswax and comfrey) on it and it was almost completely gone the next morning! Amazing stuff.
@LisaMarieAdams
@LisaMarieAdams Жыл бұрын
May I may I ask what brand and where you got it?
@cobysmith3179
@cobysmith3179 Жыл бұрын
@@LisaMarieAdams I got it from perma pastures farm. They have a channel here on KZbin
@lastharvest4044
@lastharvest4044 Жыл бұрын
I make some with the same recipe. Works great!
@kathleensanderson3082
@kathleensanderson3082 Жыл бұрын
One time my oldest daughter's then-fiance got into poison ivy and had a bad weeping, oozing rash on both arms. We had a big patch of comfrey (central NH), so she took some of that, steamed it a bit, then wrapped a poultice around both of his arms. Healed up in a matter of hours, rather than days. (Messy, though!)
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Жыл бұрын
Smart!! That is no joke! 😭
@52Drew
@52Drew Жыл бұрын
Same gardening experience for us. We moved from a sheltered area with deep soil to coastal with a heavy clay wet soil with constant wind and sea spray. Our comfrey grows well along the fence line with huge leaves with none of the issues our plants have. I have been soaking handfuls in a large plastic rubbish to use a foliar manure. Differently moved the bucket away from the house while the brew was working but after 6 weeks the smell has changed from a pig farm to a healthy earthy smell.
@anniebancroft1175
@anniebancroft1175 Жыл бұрын
I'm in zone 5, Fingerlakes of NY and there's times when I think the ONLY things I can grow and have do well are grapes, white potatoes and COMFREY!! Love your JOY of life! Thanks
@johnslaymaker
@johnslaymaker Жыл бұрын
Now it's amazing! Last month, though, it was terrible! Eagerly awaiting Comfrey Tales Episode 3. 😂 (Also, there's gotta be a song in this.)
@thecurrentmoment
@thecurrentmoment Жыл бұрын
Next episode: Comfrey is.....ok, I guess?
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Жыл бұрын
@dalredpath How does it feel to be so right?
@thecurrentmoment
@thecurrentmoment Жыл бұрын
@@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim haha, I saw it today. I feel like Nostradamus, and I'm considering opening up a professional fortune telling service
@derekclawson4236
@derekclawson4236 Жыл бұрын
Comfrey has great medicinal value. I've used it many times. Definitely works wonders.
@khatch62
@khatch62 Жыл бұрын
I finally got comfrey to start growing. I burned myself a few nights ago, I went out and grabbed a couple of comfrey leaves, bruised them and wrapped my finger. The next morning I was able to put my hand in hot water.
@ausfoodgarden
@ausfoodgarden Жыл бұрын
A couple of weeks ago Comfrey doesn't work, but now it's amazing! Actually, I totally agree it depends on your climate whether comfrey grows well or not. Comfrey is great here in Melbourne Australia. I actually grow the Bocking 14 strain which doesn't set seed but propagates from cuttings. The bone mend and healing properties really seem to work too. Amazing. 👍
@hopslopscanada
@hopslopscanada Жыл бұрын
I JUST planted Bocking 14 two days ago, zone 5b, hoping it likes my yard 🙂
@victoriav389
@victoriav389 Жыл бұрын
I have comfrey growing wild along my road. It's very pretty throughout the summer. Unfortunately I have a skin sensitivity to it and I get hives when it touches my skin. It's beautiful and the bees love it.
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
I could see it irritating skin. It has that weird scratchiness.
@victoriav389
@victoriav389 Жыл бұрын
@@davidthegood yes those little itch hairs
@backdoor5993
@backdoor5993 Жыл бұрын
I appreciate your channel because I always learn something and you're just about the only gardener that makes me laugh. Thanks!
@johnwalterhanna
@johnwalterhanna Жыл бұрын
I'm close to Idaho and going to try sweet potatoes this year. Wish me luck! Comfrey grows great here! I grow it along the chain link fence and it prevents bindweed from taking over. It attracts bumble bees and hummingbirds. I chop and drop a couple times during the season. My favorite biodynamic accumulator!
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Жыл бұрын
That's cool, I didn't know that about the pollinators.
@trumpetingangel
@trumpetingangel Жыл бұрын
In Nigel Palmer's book (The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments), he reported test results showing that fermented plant juice made from stinging nettle and dandelion have larger quantities of major minerals than comfrey, much to everyone's surprise! Neither has those big, wide leaves that make such good mulch, but as far as nutrient accumulators, comfrey was beaten. It would be interesting to see testing on tithonia and moringa,
@trumpetingangel
@trumpetingangel Жыл бұрын
@Disabled-Megatron Separately. Nigel was surprised.
@DDWASH9595
@DDWASH9595 Жыл бұрын
Love the ending
@priayief
@priayief Жыл бұрын
I grow comfrey in Canada - Zone 5b. Semi-desert. It is the Bocking 14 variety (not invasive) and it is easy to propagate simply by digging up a plant, taking some root cuttings and planting . I like it because I can get 5 crops each season and use it as mulch or as an addition to my compost. I don't use it medicinally as I've found no objective evidence that it works and I don't brew comfrey tea either for the same reason. Some claim that it is somehow magical as a dynamic accumulator, but laboratory analysis has shown there are many more crops with higher concentrations of beneficial ingredients.
@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf
@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf Жыл бұрын
People sometimes get a little cultish about this stuff. Or they learn about one thing with a lot of hype behind it, and then just stop thinking. I do grow and use comfrey, but I feel that its "magical" reputation as a biodynamic accumulator is frankly a little silly. All plants mine minerals and nutrients from the soil - that is how plants work. When making "swamp water" as David does, I usually include several different plants in an attempt at getting a wide range of good stuff. My plants grow very well with the teas I make, but I can't objectively *prove* that the teas are doing a whole lot, or a little... or perhaps nothing. I haven't taken the time to do enough side-by-side comparison to truly make a strong conclusion. I'd like to send some plant teas to a lab to find out what's REALLY in them the way I make them... but so far I haven't found anyone willing to pay for all the testing ;)
@sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519
@sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519 Жыл бұрын
You rock. God bless y’all.
@chiffre-nummer8475
@chiffre-nummer8475 6 ай бұрын
So many good points in the two Comfrey videos. Thank you for making this "one fits all" so understandable to the wold. Being happy and grateful for what we have is one thing each day can start and end well.
@jmjaeger80
@jmjaeger80 Жыл бұрын
Well done on these comfrey videos! I really enjoy learning both sides of the story.
@dinavoutour7796
@dinavoutour7796 Жыл бұрын
I am in northeast Florida between Jacksonville Beach and St. Augustine. So far I have killed a lot of Comfrey. I have tried The Bocking 14 variety as well as the other one. I currently have one left… after growing 3 from crowns instead of roots. It is getting ready to bloom. I hope it makes it!
@hazelbellefarm476
@hazelbellefarm476 Жыл бұрын
Hey neighbor! Clay County here. :)
@hopslopscanada
@hopslopscanada Жыл бұрын
Love the bait and switch, well played!
@BarbaraShafferIsagenix
@BarbaraShafferIsagenix Жыл бұрын
You crack me up, "don't let ANYONE tell you differently!" You mean like.... You!? 😂😂 Side note, I feel like there's a missed opportunity at the end when it's really dull colored and she says I wish there was more I could do with these scraps, in my head I immediately go to an infomercial - A loud announcer comes on and says 'WELL NOW YOU CAN!" Proceeds to tacky infomercial promoting your book! 🎉
@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf
@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf Жыл бұрын
"But WAIT! There's MORE!" 🤣
@BarbaraShafferIsagenix
@BarbaraShafferIsagenix Жыл бұрын
@@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf yaaassss! David make it happen!!
@vonries
@vonries Жыл бұрын
It seem strange to me for you to have to clarify yourself over and over again. I guess some people forgot to turn their listening ears on. Just in case you're wondering, I think most of us got the memo, 'grow what grows.' Thanks for catching the few who missed it the first 12 times, lol. The best of luck to you in your forever home, and good health to you and your family.
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
You wouldn't believe the level of emails and comments I get. Thank you.
@faithk_integrityandintention
@faithk_integrityandintention Жыл бұрын
Disassociative Comfrey Disorder. It's a real thing. REALLY.
@shadyman6346
@shadyman6346 Жыл бұрын
DCD is becoming a real problem, lol.
@UncleDeesYT
@UncleDeesYT Жыл бұрын
😂
@LittleBitOfSunshine4u
@LittleBitOfSunshine4u Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@ursamajor1936
@ursamajor1936 Жыл бұрын
Great information! Thank you.
@carollyn8885
@carollyn8885 Жыл бұрын
I have loved every single tool you have provided for me to use! Giving examples of what may or may not work in different circumstances has been absolute gold. Thanks 👍
@belieftransformation
@belieftransformation Жыл бұрын
Great vlog! Thanks for sharing! It took me 3 years to get my comfrey to grow well here in Alberta, Canada but now it grows about 4 feet high & survives every winter! I made an infused oil & it quickly healed my daughter’s broken fibula without the need for surgery. It’s an amazing plant. I haven’t used the root for medicine yet.
@busyrand
@busyrand Жыл бұрын
Both these Comfrey videos are necessary for understanding it, and other plants...
@teresaroman3348
@teresaroman3348 Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@jo-annjewett198
@jo-annjewett198 Жыл бұрын
So far my comfrey patch is doing good here in south Texas on the Gulf but summer might be another story.
@charleneayers3608
@charleneayers3608 Жыл бұрын
Once again…love your message. I’m in eastern wa, my daughter is in w wa. Her comfrey is getting ready to bloom, I’m pleased with a handful of leaves. I grow tomatoes and peppers like wildflowers. Learn, adapt, be happy. 😅
@DSwann
@DSwann Жыл бұрын
I bought some from Billy and I am located in zone 8B. four days it’s completely grown out again. I do have a natural stream running through my property and I use that water so I’m not sure if that’s what you’re doing it but it does grow well in zone 8B.
@charlesdevier8203
@charlesdevier8203 Жыл бұрын
Amen and Amen. I wish every gardening channel would list their grow zone or state or something. mid-Missouri zone 6A
@criped7785
@criped7785 Жыл бұрын
Always good for a laugh!! Thanks for your time
@corcorandm
@corcorandm Жыл бұрын
OMG David the good comfrey brought me to a higher plane of existence, but only in zone 9b
@patriotic_salt
@patriotic_salt Жыл бұрын
Had a full comfrey plant I bought at a nursery...dogs got into my raised beds and tore it out...replanted the root and it is making shoots out of the soil few weeks later Take comfort in comfrey
@kimp2678
@kimp2678 Жыл бұрын
I am in South Florida and planting stuff from seeds, I try sun, partial sun and shade. If it dies I move on to what is doing great. Believe it or not, I've been growing white potatoes and sweet potatoes with success. Go figure. Bottom line, do what works for you, and if it doesn't move on to something else.
@lisettesyummygarden2299
@lisettesyummygarden2299 Жыл бұрын
I'm in Ocala zone 9a sandy sand Comfrey does great for me...
@tunyarenfrow7974
@tunyarenfrow7974 Жыл бұрын
Love this video
@isabelladavis1363
@isabelladavis1363 Жыл бұрын
The only way I can keep comfrey here in Savannah GA is by putting it in a half barrel container…SOMETHING loves eating it possibly a rabbit or two…and it’s in afternoon shade …may still have to move it once again as the season progresses here…but it makes amazing salve as well as tincture diluted WITH WATER when there is none in the garden ..off-season …as well as an amazing fertilizer that literally takes my breath away when I remove the lid…no complaints …as always thanks for sharing …stay blessed
@intivelez4123
@intivelez4123 Жыл бұрын
Just got my seeds today 😀😀😀😀
@bobbun9630
@bobbun9630 Жыл бұрын
Next up, the Johnson grass is amazing video.
@jeas4980
@jeas4980 Жыл бұрын
LMAO... you're too much.. I love this channel.
@midsouthhomestead7527
@midsouthhomestead7527 Жыл бұрын
Thanks 💚👩‍🌾💚
@Roescoe
@Roescoe Жыл бұрын
This video made me feel really comfrey, I mean comfy. The mind of a genius is a place I only want to visit, staying too long causes insanity.
@coreyellerbe
@coreyellerbe Жыл бұрын
I'm really disappointed we didn't get Rachel reenacting this injury example.
@patty9265
@patty9265 2 ай бұрын
My comfrey is doing well so far here in the panhandel of Fl. Waiting on my moringa trees to grow bigger so I can put them in the ground.
@basw8992
@basw8992 Жыл бұрын
you crack me up 🤣 I love your content and style, keep 'm coming!
@ColRubyDimplesManacha
@ColRubyDimplesManacha Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great comfrey psyop episode!
@oldbear6813
@oldbear6813 Жыл бұрын
I laughed just reading the title 😂😂 Perfect video DTG, Perfect 😂😂
@camilleolsen
@camilleolsen Жыл бұрын
Billy from Perma Pastures Farm read you the riot act, didn't he?! 😆
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
I wonder what he thought? I haven't talked to him since the video went out.
@TSis76
@TSis76 Жыл бұрын
DtG and Rachel are amazing!
@FruitTreeAddict
@FruitTreeAddict Жыл бұрын
I LOVE comfrey but I’ve spent hundreds trying to keep it growing in central Florida but I’m not giving up.
@kma5699
@kma5699 4 ай бұрын
Same here, I've blown close to $100 EVERY year (since about 2016) trying to get new Comfrey crowns and cuttings from several sources but it inevitably dies mid/late spring no matter how much I try. SW Florida here. I'm wondering why on Coe's Comfrey's website he still claims the Bocking #4 survives temps 120+ in Africa in the drought in full sun. I can't get my comfrey (any variety) to survive past May, in mostly shade and only 95 degrees and they require so much water, if you forget one day, poof they shrivel up and you'd think the roots would still produce new leaves but it's almost like the plant just dissolves. So much fr the 8 foot root, you'd think would resprout a new plant once it gets watered.
@FruitTreeAddict
@FruitTreeAddict 4 ай бұрын
@@kma5699 same for me. I just can’t seem to keep it alive and I want it so bad. I’ve spent hundreds on crowns. Something eats the roots
@kma5699
@kma5699 4 ай бұрын
@@FruitTreeAddict Some of mine in the ground mysteriously died so most likely something ate the roots. I dug it up to retrieve the roots or crown and nothing was there just the dried out leaves that wilted, the roots vanished.
@FruitTreeAddict
@FruitTreeAddict 4 ай бұрын
@@kma5699 mine too and I saw lots of slug/leach type things around them in the leaves so I feel like it could have been them?
@cptnd3851
@cptnd3851 Жыл бұрын
lmao at the first thing on the "Comfrey" article at Mount Sinai hospital is to not consume it and to not put it on broken skin, but it works just fine for both of those
@Firevine
@Firevine Жыл бұрын
Because if you heal yourself naturally, you won't have to go to Mount Sinai hospital.
@brianlawrence9959
@brianlawrence9959 Жыл бұрын
It's not patentable so there is no one to produce studies showing it's safe or effective. There is no money in it. There is money to produce and distribute studies showing it's dangerous. Don't eat it as 50% of your diet.
@TheEmbrio
@TheEmbrio Жыл бұрын
Consume in small doses and for healing : it can work TOO well. Like mend bones before they are reset in the right position. Or heal the skin over some internal injury that needs surgery and then the doctors might miss it. A strong plant, to be taken seriously
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
They are pill pushers for the Rockefeller Cartel. But comfrey is strong medicine.
@erikjohnson9223
@erikjohnson9223 Жыл бұрын
It does have pyrolizidine alkaloids (like most/all plants in the borage family). It works in the short term at promoting healing, but excessive or chronic use is likely to cause serious liver damage. I wonder if there is a way to extract the allantoin (reputed active medicinal ingredient) while leaving the potentially dangerous stuff behind?
@ashleycampbell8767
@ashleycampbell8767 Жыл бұрын
-When someone calls a plant with attributes I like a weed, I get excited. -So cool that you dealt with a climate/soil like mine. Pick axes and iron bars for the win. Then, throw carbon at it! -Also, here in north Arkansas we can grow white potatoes and sweet potatoes well because we get every climate mixed together (just unpredictably, so guess!) and also goats do good in the woods. And goat meat in a slow cooker is great. -In all honesty, this reminds of scripture like Proverbs 26:4 and 5, that some people actually say contradict each other, rather than realizing it’s telling you to *think* lol.
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Жыл бұрын
Great comment.
@RebelCanners
@RebelCanners Жыл бұрын
I love comfrey for medicinal herb and mulch
@hughbrackett343
@hughbrackett343 Жыл бұрын
I get mad respect when the neighbors see me out chopping with my machete. Most of them are afraid to touch one. 🔪
@loganozarks4102
@loganozarks4102 Жыл бұрын
You oughtta do one on comfrey
@allanturpin2023
@allanturpin2023 Жыл бұрын
OK. I will till everything and only grow comfrey from now on.
@justinarnold7725
@justinarnold7725 Жыл бұрын
There is a reason machete is also called a cut-less
@mgs721
@mgs721 Жыл бұрын
Dude! I just sold all my ComfreyCoin cause of you!
@heronthere
@heronthere Жыл бұрын
I would think vetiver would be your "comfrey". It is for me in texas. 12ft deep roots has to mine minerals not to mention the organic matter that leaves in your sand. Roots grow straight down and multiply by bunching out. The top can be cut as a 2ft tall grass for mulch or just mow it and rake up the short pieces for mulch. Have you used it?
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
I had some in the tropics and it was great. I have one pot of it here that I need to plant. I'm not sure about the cold hardiness.
@heronthere
@heronthere Жыл бұрын
@@davidthegood we got down to 11F this past winter and its coming back just fine.
@melissab8500
@melissab8500 Жыл бұрын
Welp, looks like I have another plant to try
@humanbeing4368
@humanbeing4368 Жыл бұрын
Love the scent.
@glennfoster6217
@glennfoster6217 Жыл бұрын
@@humanbeing4368 makes a great essential oil as well 👍
@kelliwebb2870
@kelliwebb2870 Жыл бұрын
You crack me up! I can’t grow comfrey either. I also can’t grow potatoes but I keep trying! And now I’m trying corn for the hundredth time. I’m hoping to have better luck since trying the lasagne garden method! I’m in zone 10a so we shall see! 🙏🙏🙏
@jefferyevans7299
@jefferyevans7299 Жыл бұрын
Comfrey did well in Florida for me. :0
@kma5699
@kma5699 4 ай бұрын
How did you get it to survive the summer in Florida with 95+ degree days and NO RAIN?
@williammikell2210
@williammikell2210 Жыл бұрын
chop and drop, I use Poke Weed, Passion Flower, and Goosefoot.
@JulioSilva-wp4bj
@JulioSilva-wp4bj 3 ай бұрын
😂😂 thanks David, you are a genius!!! 😂😂
@chrisoliver6690
@chrisoliver6690 3 ай бұрын
I've moved to a colder and wetter climate and I'm finding that my usual crops of squash and corn really do not do well here. Spinach, salads and kale on the other hand are doing very well.
@zaneymay
@zaneymay Жыл бұрын
In the shade zone 8b Florida. You don't have to chop and drop it, it will die down in the heat of summer then will come back. I've had it for years in my garden.
@kma5699
@kma5699 4 ай бұрын
Mine has died down for several years and I've never seen it re-sprout as I always buy new Comfrey so for Florida it's not a perennial it's a plant that lives for a few months and then dies out when it gets hot by late spring (basically between now May 18th-June 1st I'll be surprised if I can keep any of my Comfrey alive here in 9B Sarasota, FL).
@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf
@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf Жыл бұрын
Ooof... "Gurus." Every time I hear about gardening gurus, I hear the mellifluous strains of Zappa's "Cosmik Debris" in my head.
@captainron1960
@captainron1960 Жыл бұрын
Started some last year here in central Mo, its doing pretty good
@Carolynfoodforest355
@Carolynfoodforest355 Жыл бұрын
Hit the thumbs up 👍
@soscilogical1904
@soscilogical1904 Жыл бұрын
If I had packed clay, I would try to get lots of tree bits into it, not just organic matter, like oak logs mixed with less dense wood that would take some years to provide animal life underground which can create a bit of air near the cleay, or just plough half a forest into a clay patch and see if the tannins from the wood can fix it a bit. clay is ok. the grandad planted a mile of douglas firs on his clay patch, they just fell down in mild wind after 30 40 years, the roots were flat above the clay.
@takeitslowhomestead5218
@takeitslowhomestead5218 Жыл бұрын
Very well said. 🌱
@lisakruger5289
@lisakruger5289 Жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, I just watched the machete cutting reenactment video the other day...and while I'm sure it wasn't funny when it happened...the reenactment with Rachel was funny as all get out! 😂
@mio.giardino
@mio.giardino Жыл бұрын
I planted comfrey 2 years ago…last year it came back! Not sure if it’s back this year yet. Zone 3b up in 🇨🇦
@seedsower3857
@seedsower3857 Жыл бұрын
Never fails, I will always laugh at some point in your videos.
@ladyela9283
@ladyela9283 Жыл бұрын
AAAHAHAHAHAHA...a week later, the good stuff comes out. You know, I've not visited your channel in a while (until tonight), and I've missed out and now binging. LOL. You ROCK, and you play fragments of Snoop... 😉
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@peggystephens4703
@peggystephens4703 Жыл бұрын
Red clover salve works best for deep wounds comfrey is better for surface wounds because comfrey heals the top surface so fast.
@jeas4980
@jeas4980 Жыл бұрын
So I have this really invasive dock growing everywhere... it roots like comfrey so I assume it's "bioaccumulating" in the clay later making my yard a swamp. So, I'm going to compost it. They worms are eating it, the chickens are unimpressed, it rots in a tea so I'm hoping for the best!
@GRPermie
@GRPermie Жыл бұрын
Dock is definitely something that can be used like Comfrey. Consider yourself lucky!
@janetnorris2255
@janetnorris2255 Жыл бұрын
Yes! And my chickens LOVE it! I have curly dock. And I scattered it’s seeds around for more. I think it’s got potassium!
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
It's worth trying! I love the way dock grows.
@jeas4980
@jeas4980 Жыл бұрын
I've been researching all afternoon... and it's kind of amazing! Apparently it's easy to harvest the seed and makes a gluten free flour... and, yep, it's good for the chickens too. (They're spoiled on purple deadnettle and hensbit right now.. probably why they aren't interested in the dock). I have a broadleaf known as blooddock, or bloodwort. Very interesting stuff! Glad to have it!
@littleflockontheprairie4871
@littleflockontheprairie4871 Жыл бұрын
Just saw your channel today! I've subscribed ! I live in zone 6A and planted bocking comfrey last fall (purchased from a place in Nebraska). I wondered if it would survive our droughty winter. It did and is growing well. Looking forward to using it for fertilizer, chicken feed, and medicine.
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@johnliberty3647
@johnliberty3647 Жыл бұрын
I bought comfrey from Sam at Scrubland Farmz and he suggested I grow it in a semi shaded area. I asked if I should grow it with my ginger and he nodded. Probably letting you something you already know but just in case you do not… in North Central Florida as well lower Alabama it might grow well in shaded areas. I still need to find out for myself. It’s my first time growing comfrey let alone growing it for the first time in Florida. I only bought it because of this video. I was wondering if I can grow it in Florida.
@stevewoodmansee5268
@stevewoodmansee5268 Жыл бұрын
"Be nice to your mother, and grow Comfrey..."
@shauncollins5029
@shauncollins5029 Жыл бұрын
Comfrey yeah...be careful using comfrey on some open wounds, sometimes the skin can heal over too fast and leave some infection underneath..
@babetteisinthegarden6920
@babetteisinthegarden6920 Жыл бұрын
David I wish I could grow comfrey
@homesteadrevivals
@homesteadrevivals Жыл бұрын
I've been struggling to grow comfrey in our very wet coastal PNW clay soil.
@beefbased89
@beefbased89 Жыл бұрын
It grows so well where I am. 100 inches of rain per year! Western Oregon.
@GoodTimesHomestead
@GoodTimesHomestead Жыл бұрын
Genius.
@donavinnezar
@donavinnezar Жыл бұрын
Loving the contrasting comfrey sucks/great vids 😂
@Madmoody21
@Madmoody21 Жыл бұрын
Comfrey is probably good the rapid knitting of your wound was not due to comfrey applied at that moment. The stores and general health you have is what healed you. I would give an A in the placebo effect here at least for that first day. After that yes it may have had some impact and it is possible it had some bacterial fungal and viral inhibiting effects.
@jeremymonger4578
@jeremymonger4578 Жыл бұрын
So a week or so I gave in and finally decided to give comfrey a try. Then I saw David had put out a video saying it was terrible. I promptly threw it out and gave the etsy seller 1 star. I have now ordered more.
@clb50
@clb50 Жыл бұрын
Why on earth would you give the etsy seller 1 star because you decided you hate the plant? That isn't their fault.
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
I hope that is a joke!
@DeepSouthBama56
@DeepSouthBama56 Жыл бұрын
I knew when I saw this video, it would be back peddling from the previous video. Even though I understood what you meant, many people did not.
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
It's not backpedaling, actually. It's attacking the same point from a different angle. A plant in the wrong place doesn't work. Thanks.
@DeepSouthBama56
@DeepSouthBama56 Жыл бұрын
@@davidthegood That is true, I guess I just meant the meaning why you had to do another video to clarify is all. Your Good David.
@davidthegood
@davidthegood Жыл бұрын
@@DeepSouthBama56 Thanks. I'm totally going to do another video on comfrey that is against both of these.
@tradermunky1998
@tradermunky1998 Жыл бұрын
Phew, that should appease the comfrey fanatics.
@evw6486
@evw6486 Жыл бұрын
Push the zone, but expect the zone to push back?
@PlantObsessed
@PlantObsessed Жыл бұрын
It is rough, when some of my favorite channels are not in zone 5. I wonder if burdock is a second place to comfrey?
@toniliveshere6824
@toniliveshere6824 Жыл бұрын
Which variety is good for Florida?
@spoonnwithsunshinehomestead
@spoonnwithsunshinehomestead Жыл бұрын
Lol...we're all gonna die in the end, so dont worry about it too much 😂😄😂
@jeremiahthomas2669
@jeremiahthomas2669 Жыл бұрын
You don't understand how the mind of a genius works ? Lolololol
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