Oh damn crunch that’s the way to go! I’m on some random thrive blend coffee and a random hashplant vape cart right now, very low rent type morning. I’m actually germing some comfrey seeds as we speak. Planning to plant them around the property. I’m curious what the difference is between an FPJ and and FPE, I thought I heard em say that they add water to the FPE, not sure if I imagined that or not
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I really haven’t researched too much into KNF, so I’m not the one to ask. I thought the FPE was with water and the FPJ was with sugar, but maybe it’s the other way around. I did check their website for a recipe and they have one listed. How to Use Fermented Plant Extract | Probiotics | Growing Organic
FYI you want the Bocking-14 comfrey which comes as root cuttings. I believe Bocking breed it this way so the shit wouldn’t spread everywhere, cause once it’s rooted its there for good. Similar to horsetail, where the tiniest little piece, will regrow and spread. I believe the bocking-14 cuttings you get are from Bocking himself, just many generations down the line. Pretty cool stuff!
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I got the comfrey seeds cause I was honestly thinking it might be nice to just let it go a little wild in the wooded portion of the property, but you think that it might just take over if it’s not the blocking cut you’re mentioning?
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I’ve moved bocking-14 comfrey quite a few times. There are many strategies for getting rid of it that work quite well, but the biggest problem people run into is when they try to rototill an area that has comfrey’s deep roots. Comfrey propagates very easily by root fragment and root division. Non-sterile comfrey just exacerbate this “problem”. Your results may vary of course.
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Ha! I started it last night after a Frutti ST cone and fell asleep pretty fast. Will finish it up tonight and then we will shall discuss 
Thanks for the heads up, it’s a good one from what I did see. Glad it’s not one of those product “highlight” ones
@CrunchBerries , your right. Extract uses water.
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You joke but there is some validity to this.
Different styles of beer originated in different parts of the world with different water profiles. British tends to be hard and lends itself to ales and pilsners came from areas of soft water.
If you are making certain styles it is advisable to replicate the water as much as possible.
I imagine the same goes for bread.
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Honestly not sure or don’t remember. Ha! Remember your quote about learning something and then forgetting.
It’s been a while since I researched the stuff, but I remember that bockings-14 is what you want either because of the sterile seeds or because the variety does what we want. Comfrey is a bioaccumulater so the roots go deep and accumulate the micronutrients that other plants can’t get to. That’s also why it’s nearly impossible to get rid of once it’s established. I guess if you didn’t have any other plans for that area it would be cool, but seeds do carry in the wind or from birds.
Off to the Google machine!
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I’ll have to look into it too, we have a wooded section of the property that’s full of diseased beech and beech saplings. Beech bark beetle disease is gnarly up here, so my idea was to start propagating things like Comfrey and alfalfa in that area, but if I’m playing with fire direct seeding comfrey maybe I’ll just keep ‘em in 5 gal buckets and get the sterilized cutting
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Comfrey is extremely productive and propagates ridiculously easy. Leaf cuttings, root division, root fragments, you name it. I get at least 3 chops to the ground per year on mine. I definitely agree with @CrunchBerries that Bocking-14 is the superior choice so that you don’t wind up with a monumental task in the future if you have to get rid of it for whatever reason. It’s easy to plant more. It also does fine in pots but may require more frequent cutbacks, I’ve had some in a 30GAL fiber pot and 15gal regular pot for a few years.
You can carefully dig them out of the ground or build a hot compost pile on top of them, but if you have a whole field full of wild comfrey it becomes trickier… Landscape fabric maybe?
If you’re vigilant by depriving new growth after digging the upper root mass out you can successfully “kill” it. The problem is when you have large areas full of it. Low numbers of bocking14 are definitely manageable if you don’t rototill the area.
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Good stuff! Thanks @syzygy !
My head is full! Off to run errands and wear out the baby bean!
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Funny because my dad has had the same comfrey plant for 30 years or so and I was going to get a chunk to start growing on my property along with some other plants/herbs he has had for the same amount of time. Everything was kept and planted at his new place when he moved there a number of years ago.
Interested to get some things going. Also really want to start some LABS, not sure what method I want to go with though heh.
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Spray some IMO all over and see if it helps 
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If you have rice and milk your all set.
You can also use potato water or pasta water
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I think I have some white rice and brown rice laying around. I will have to buy some milk though since only my daughter drinks milk, we drink almond milk.
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Ya you have some tough decisions, lots of dank there lol.
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I hear there is a way without milk, but haven’t looked into it yet.
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My plan was to do all COPA, but I’m still waiting on a pack or 2, and I’m already behind schedule for bean pop date. So rethinking a bit… again. 
I need 3 out of that pic. I think ValeTudo is one of the 3 for sure. The BlackRaz be callin me too man…
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I have a few Ancient OG x GSD f5 I am testing at the moment. Sadly a number of them did not make it to far, but I got a couple to hang in there and are doing well.
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Sow ALL OF THEM.
I know you want to.
Hold them all in your fist.
Feel the power.
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