Comfrey is a fantastic ingredient for compost. So don't dig it up! Put
the leaves (not the roots) on the pile. This may not help your
epiphytic orchids, but it'll sure the give your garden a boost. Maybe
your terrestrial orchids too (cymbidiums?), though I think someone
more knowledgeable in
on 12/28/04 6:41 PM, Steve wrote:
How much comfrey do you have? I could use a few hundred pounds of dried
comfrey.
ST
I hope not for herbal/medicinal use: my mother planted some years ago,
only to be told later that the leaves contained carcinogens. We tried to dig
it up, but to no
Dear friends,
does anybody have any experience of using natural fertilisers for orchid
growing? Living in a farm (we are no farmes), we have access to a wide range
of natural fertilisers available.
In particular, we could easily use
1)Cow manure (fresh, aged)
2)Sheep manure (fresh, aged)
How much comfrey do you have? I could use a few hundred pounds of dried comfrey.
ST
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