I have been really wanting to get some comfrey seeds/plants to use for organic fertilizer/compost but have had THE hardest time finding any?? does anyone have some they would be willing to trade or send?(or know of a good and not too expensive source? i am in columbus ohio! thank you!

I read about comfrey too, other than fertilizer, what else is it good for? I haven't seed any seeds, but saw a couple seedlings at Wall-Mart. I didn't know what it was, so I didn't get any. At this time, the only thing you find anywhere are tomato seedlings.
I think I could use some to speed up my compost pile. I have 3 piles. I started the first one in January and it stil isn't ready, even though there are about 5 different things growing out of it.

Comfrey has many healing properties to it. Briefly the roots and leaves contain allantoin. Allantoin is a protein with hormonal like qualities to it that stimulate cell proliferation. It is the allantoin that gives comfrey its' reputation for healing wounds, broken bones, burns, sprains, sore joints, dry skin and for reducing the swelling associated with fractures. Fresh, clean comfrey leaves can be used in a poultice to treat these injuries. Comfrey salves are readily available from health food stores. It is not recommended to take comfrey internally as liver damage has been known to occur from extended ingestion.
Topical use is safe as the alkaloids will not penetrate the skin.
New2green, yarrow works great for starting and speeding up compost. And it usually grows everywhere in road ditches, open fields and woodlines.

I may have some more comfrey I can dig up and send. you can email me at oh2flyatclearwiredotnet

I just sent you an e-mail. I would really appreciate some comfrey. Please let me know if you want a SASE or something.
Thank you

Hi there to all talking about Comfrey!
I have used externally many many times, it really does heal: a couple of weeks ago my husband pu a drill bit in his wrist ( don't ask me how...) I went out to the garden picked 2 leaves, I put them
in my Bullet and applied to his wound; he said it helped with the pain and by the following day it was healing just fine.
I used to use it internally years ago but stopped when all bad reports came in ( I try to stay informed on the plants I use ) but recently I came about some great info: go to: herbsarespecial.com and on the left will find a partial list of herbs from Isabel Shipard's book, Comfrey is one of them, she has a lot of new information.
I ended up ordering her book, IT IS GREAT!!!
Just the sampling you can find on this website is GREAT.
I hope this can help.

I have Russian Comfrey in bloom. Let me know if you'd like some seeds later on.

I do, please. Just let me know where to send SASE. majuschultzatyahoodotcom

hi there,
would you send me some of the comfrey seeds when they are ready ? i have some mint red and white yarrow i could exchange or send sase.thanks

I'll let you know when seeds are ready

Russian Comfrey seeds are ready!

Email me at vshinkle1@yahoo.com. Would you mind to send me a SASE? I'll email you my mailing address...don't want to put it here...not that email is secure, but better than a website!

I just sent you an e-mail. Hope to hear from you soon.
Thanks for sharing