![]() The leaves decompose on their own an dissolve and feed the growing plants, I have seen farmers put down a couple of inches of Comfrey leaves around fruit trees an mulch.Īnd use leaf decomposition liquid for vegetables, green beans that thrive in proper k and other mineral containing soils and are thus good for us. but this is a plant worth investigating, our soil in India is badly being depleted by indiscriminate farming and uncontrolled chemical fertilizer and insecticide use and hormone injections into vegetables!!!!! only problem is some varieties may become widespread weeds. and high heat, i personally thin its use can be adapted in INDIA. Since this plant grows abundantly in wet low lying soils and riverbanks. ![]() ![]() The leaves on the stem have margins which extends down the stems. It is a perennial herb with a black, turnip-like root and large, hairy broad leaves. The hardy plant can grow to a height of 13 ft (0.30.9 m). The middle vein continues strongly into the stem of the leaf which runs down a portion of the stem rather than joining at a node. Comfrey is a perennial plant found in moist grasslands in western Asia, Europe, and North America. its leaves make a good manure-pile starter/base. Leaves on the stem are slightly different shape than base leaves being more lance shaped with points at both ends. NOW HOW DOES IT HELP MOTHER EARTH? its a rich source of micronutrients esp potassium, iodine and silicon (in useful forms) and its leaf juice (fermented), is used as an organic fertilizer esp for potatoes, vegetables, does wonders in soils depleted of these nutrients, for flowering plants and fruiting trees.
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