Comfrey and Alfalfa pellets

[Carol Norton]

Charles – you mention these pellets in your Salad Leaves book as a way of refreshing potting compost to use again.

I have tried to find a supplier without success. Are they sold separately or is the product you refer to a mix of comfrey and alfalfa? If so, where do you source them? I can find comfrey pellets on their own but not the two together.

Also, would comfrey pellets alone be sufficient? I’m only talking about a small amount of compost, to grow autumn lettuces in wooden wine boxes previously used for growing pea tips. Seems one way to cheat the slugs (maybe!)

[charles]

 Hello Carol
Yes they are separate products. I came across them through a job for B&Q who were selling them a few years ago… actually comfrey is a rich potash feed, good for fuiting veg, and for salads it may be better to use dry cow manure pellets, they should come up on Google.

I agree that it is really worth any method to keep clear of slugs. Also I have been suffering more flea beetle than usual at this time of year and any brassica leaves undercover are cleaner than outdoors. Lettuce and endive are doing fine outside.

[petegardener]

Available as one product called ‘Alfalfa Plus’ fro The Organic Gardening Catalogue.
Analysis given as 2.8%N and 7%K.
I’ve used it for the first time this season on all fruit and most veg including veg in growing bags – results very encouraging.

[Carol Norton]

Many thanks Charles and Pete – I had googled and not found these.

[Peter Wheat]

Also found these:

http://www.countrywidefarmers.co.uk/pws/ProductDetails.ice?ProductID=7092

[charles]

Welcome to the forum Peter and yes, even though they are for horses to eat, these alfalfa pellets look interesting, should work.

[Rhys]

Carol

I’ve found that fruit trees do really well if you use spent tomato/potato pot compost the following spring. OK, my tomato/.potato compost gets feeding with tomorite and/or comfrey tea during the summer months, but it worked really well on pear, plum and cherry (all on root stock to limit height to about 6ft) in 2015.

I also used it on a specialist salad bed and the lettuce and rocket grown there through the season did well too.

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