Nup - to me it would only be starvation food (ie I will eat it if for some reason I have nothing else to eat
). You Duff?
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| Author: | mitch [ Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Comfrey and Arrowroot |
I'm looking for some comfrey Symphytum officinale and arrowroot. I've wanted them for ages. Comfrey for the compost and chooks and arrowroot for the roots. Does anyone have any? Cheers |
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| Author: | dufflight [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
You can have some comfrey cutting but the Arrowroot is not big enough to devide yet. I got mine from http://www.greenharvest.com.au |
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| Author: | veggie boy [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Where are you mitch? I've got heaps of arrowroot, but can't be fracked posting it. |
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| Author: | dufflight [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Have you tried eating any yet. |
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| Author: | veggie boy [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Nup - to me it would only be starvation food (ie I will eat it if for some reason I have nothing else to eat ). You Duff?
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| Author: | dufflight [ Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Was using it to replace cana as a mulch and border plant. The thinking was if I was going to grow a cana it might as well be the edible one. I will give one a try soon. I'd hate to have something growing for 10 years only to find out it tasted great. 
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| Author: | Jaymie [ Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
let us know 
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| Author: | dufflight [ Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Jaymie wrote: let us know If you don't hear from me. I ate the wrong one. 
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| Author: | chillidude [ Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Yeah, Duff - if you could just arrange it so that you die in front of the one that killed you and get someone to send us a piccy, we'll be grateful for the info - and of course, we love piccies 
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| Author: | veggie boy [ Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Don't think you are going to be real impressed with it. Can be used to make flour, but a fair bit of stuffing around involved. |
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| Author: | mitch [ Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Thats fine. It's not actually for me anyway. I figured if its edible then my chickens and ducks would love it. It would be a good fodder crop, something that I could grow intensely. Then chop and drop. Then let the chickens in for a good scratch and they'd eat what they wanted etc. As for the comfrey. That's for me. Haha. Well the compost anyways. I'm over in perth so it would be a bit far to post the arrowroot unfortunately. I'll have to look out for a supplier over here.
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| Author: | veggie boy [ Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Yep - arrowroot is great for chop and drop. At the end of winter I pulled up and divided heaps of my arrowroot with the intention of planting in all sorts of places around my yard. I filled 5 chicken pellet sacks with bulbs (bulbs only - I'd cut all the foliage off, so you can imagine how many I had). Unfortunately I ran out of time and ended up leaving them in the bags for months until they just rotted. A shame, but I still have heaps as I had immediately put a thin border of plants at the back of my veggie patch. These are growing well from the recent rains. Will take a pic and post if I remember. |
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| Author: | earthbound [ Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Careful with the comfrey, it can be hard to get rid of. (not for me though, I'm good at killing plants. )
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| Author: | veggie boy [ Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Not too hard here EB - just let it dry out in summer and it rots down on itself. |
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| Author: | Faye [ Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comfrey and Arrowroot |
Hey Mitch, just been shopping and I have some comfrey just for you as well as a (baby) chcolate pudding tree. Swap for a coffee
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