comfrey

hi
ive just started a packet of 30 comfrey seeds on my window sill as i read that every garden should have some for fertilizer,
i also read that rabbits like it and its good for them, which is handy because my little girl has 2, and i reckon that feeding it to our rabbits would be a pretty quick an easy way to make fertilizer.
however i was talking to an old gardener the other day and he told me it can be difficult and very evasive.
i was going to plant it in the rabbit run in the ground but am not sure now.
does it spread by the roots as i dont want it to go under the fence and into my neighbours garden.
thanks
joe

 

thanks john
not sure what type they are as it doesnt say on the pack. they're thompson morgan herb comfrey, and the only other thin it says is herb 214, ive sent them an email with the question.
i'll put a few in the rabbit run, theyll keep them under control, or even kill em off.
do you know of any other nice looking plants that our rabbits might enjoy.
i read a thread on here "what not to plant" and somebody mentioned vinca and [FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]euphorbia, but not sure which type.
joe
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It is an brilliant fertiliser but the very devil to get rid of

 

This just takes over the garden and once it is established in root is so hard to control. It will spread all over the place.

 

ah ... didn't know that. Bought some seeds from T&M this year :(

Will it spread far? I could plant it surrounded by lawn, if the seeds won't blow on the wind.

Otherwise I'll have to ask some kind person for a Bocking 14 root, eh?

 

Normal comfrey which will self-seed everywhere (if you let it)although it is really not a problem at all you just have to keep picking the leaves and make sure to pick off the flower stalks as they appear.

One side of us (down on our allotment plots) has a nice clump or two of comfrey which hasn't spread at all and the plots have been left along for a great many years 35 years on that plot where the comfrey is, our first plot doesn't have any on it again it hadn't been worked for 35 years so you would have thought we would have had a fair few comfrey plants on our side by now what with seeds blowing in the wind.

On the other hand our neighbour on the other side of us does have comfrey here there and everywhere the reason being for this is that he didn't weed his plot to begin with instead he got a farmer to plough his whole plot, it just goes to show you really need to take your time and not rush anything when starting off working an allotment.

So what I'm saying is you don't really need to buy Blocking 14 you just need to regularly maintain your comfrey patch.Hel.xxx.

 

I found a supplier (Chase Organics) of Bocking 14 on my travels:

http://www.organiccatalogue.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=59_154

 

i ended up throwing my seedlings away, didnt want to risk it, i got some bocking 14 plants off of ebay in the end nice little plants, cost £5 with postage for 5
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/reedynursery
thanks