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Inspired by the work of Lawrence D Hills (1911–1991) , who undertook extensive research on comfrey during his lifetime, we decided to start a comfrey trial of our own. Hills discovered a strain of comfrey that produced very high quantities of biomass -   Symphytum x uplandicum 'Bocking 14' . Using this plant we set up a trial bed in order to discover: how much biomass we can produce in our climate  how well comfrey can fertilise our crops how attractive comfrey is to garden wildlife whether growing comfrey has a beneficial impact on the soil Our Comfrey Trial Beds If you would like to learn more about comfrey and why it's considered such a great plant by many people take a look at our previous post  Comfrey - BELIEVE the HYPE! . Below you will find an overview of our trial and the results from 2016 and 2017. The Comfrey Trials  Comfrey Patch Overview  The comfrey beds are located in the red box in the above image of our Polyculture Market Garden in Shipka, ...

There's a ton of info out there about comfrey but not much detail regarding establishing and managing a comfrey patch so I thought I'd write a post to share my experience on this and explain how we grow comfrey as part of our fertility strategy in the market garden. When writing this article I could not resist to include some of the story of this incredible plant and of the people that have been enchanted by its prowess. So we'll start with a condensed story of comfrey and why I think you should certainly believe the hype. Comfrey 'Bocking 14' in the under story of a Walnut - Juglans regia in our Forest Garden          Part 1. Introduction to Comfrey    A member of the Borage family, Comfrey - Symphytum spp. is native to Europe and Asia and there are 40 recorded species of Comfrey throughout that region. The plant most commonly referred to and used in gardens is Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum, a naturally occurring hybrid of two wi...