I love the silver tip! It's the first I've heard of it.
I've got some comfrey growing around the property I work at, interspersed with clover and radish. They got started a little late in the season but I'm just looking for chop and drop cover crops at the moment. I'm hoping for two but will be happy with one harvest.
I've heard that comfrey spreads like crazy and can take over, have you had any problems with that, or does chopping and dropping before it goes to seed keep it from spreading?
Spreads fast and almost impossible to get rid of but why would anyone want to. Just keep cut down in an area you don't want and use it. If you must get rid of it build a hot compost pile on that area for a season or cover with black plastic. Let grow and spread in other areas and use the leaves in compost or around plants. Like I said if you plant at the right time you may get 3 to 4 cuttings off them. Late only a couple. Mine spreading slow atm but it will increase yearly.
Awesome, thank you! I'll make sure to update everyone how it goes for me
You can also take cuttings from the root systems to spread quicker if you want. Look up on You Tube about that!
Ohh, that's cool! I'll keep that in mind