Bocking #14 is the strain That gardeners want to keep and use this one doesn’t spread which is what you want the other species can be very aggressive but once planted it’s pretty much a permanent plant when grown outdoors the root system can rival some small trees!
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I have a huge comfrey plant behind my house that comes back every year… I plan on making many teas with it this year, now that I know how amazing it is
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Ya whack it down and it comes back fast I get about three good cuttings over the summer whack and drop right on top! … pick and chop in a 5 gallon bucket with hedge trimmers bubble for 24 hours throw some goodies in there a touch of molasses, EWC whatever sounds good! Possibilities are endless !
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Yeah, I knew it was there but until recently had no idea how beneficial for cannabis, and gardens in general, it was
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Is this bocking #14 a cover crop?
Something tells me this might be a lil too overpowering in a smaller pot where the roots might fight the cannabis roots? Really have no idea what I’m talking about, just guessing.
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Not a cover crop like a living mulch. Comfrey is an excellent chop topdress mulch. Worms love it. I use old strawberry containers and freeze it in the summer for my worms. I have like 15+ comfrey plants in my garden. Spread throughout. It is a beautiful plant.
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I agree ! Would you agree @Tommy_McCain that when fresh leaves are cut That they smell pretty mineral intense ? I have 4-5 plants personally and do quite well in the partial shade of the north side of the house! I typically like to cut before flowers pop out but they are pretty little flowers for sure IMO.
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The minimum recommended pot size for no till is 10 gals. Most of my pot soil is full of old and new roots I have to hack a hole in the soil when I put a new plant in. It’s not a problem though, old roots break down and the worms eat them, new forming roots just work through and around existing cover crop roots and share their resources.
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So true as Minnesota nice and the MENDO boys Say “”The Roots have Nutes!” Leave them in , acts as another aeration technique IMO!
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I have indoor and outdoor pots of Sebring’'s comfrey. I cut leaves and place in half gallon Mason jars of well water with a tablespoon of LABS. I add the extract to water, sprouted seed tea, compost tea, coconut water, etc. The solids are used for mulch or compost bin.
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I bet that smells just rank as Satan’s outhouse
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Yeah, I’ve heard that about the pot size, I may be trying to break rules in some regards.
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The idea of pot size is to allow you to add stuff that doesn’t change the balance of the system that is happening in the pot, when the pot is small, it’s more responsive to additional things being added, which can de stableize the environment. As in the saying it’s just a drop in the bucket, as apposed to a it’s just a drop in a shot glass.
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I know it will be tough and I may change my mind and give up if/when I fail a certain amount of times…
I’m almost thinking about going light on the nutrients and make up for that with foliar feeding?
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Yeah…I’ll stick with topdressing. Comfrey tea is next level nasty smelling.
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Ok for veg, but I don’t like using a foliar feed in flower unless something is desperately wrong with them up taking nutrition from the soil.
Plus it’s better to do it after lights out to stop any leaf burn, and I am usually too sedated to do anything after light’s out.
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I have limitations on lifting more than 1 gallon containers. I use the endless coffee refill trick with compost. Plant in compost, water with LABS or sprouted seed tea. When soil levels drop, refill with top dressing of compost [earthworm castings is vermicompost].
Add Bio-live amendment or flower tea for flower phase. It’s a compromise for disabled people growing in enclosed tents or closets.
Queen Mother in flower in 3/4 gallon nursery pot:
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Another couple of years and I will be probably downsizing my pots as well, its a struggle some days and when I occasionally do drop a pot due to pain spasms, its usually not a good ending as they are going from the veg tent to the flower room. 
Smaller pots require a lot more attention to detail I find, and I am a full on lazy LITFA grower lol.
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I have memory issues, neuropathy, spine injuries… 7 years old recycled compost has taken the wheel. I couldn’t handle making fresh soil, dumping used soil after every grow … filling draining cleaning reservoir … I had to stay in my lane 
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Well the plant looks very happy so your doing a great job, and if it works dont try and fix it 
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