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Re: Other ways of using Comfrey
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:42 am
by Johnboy
Nemo,
You can continue will this as long as you like but the question I will ask of you is how did Lawrence D Hills produce Bocking 14?
JB.
Re: Other ways of using Comfrey
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:30 am
by nemo
the big question i have for you is am i right or am i wrong about bocking 14 comfrey being sterile or not and can you accept that i may be right johnboy, i look forward to your reply
kind
regards
nemo
Re: Other ways of using Comfrey
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:46 am
by alan refail
Nemo
There are those like you (including HDRA) who believe Bocking 14 is "sterile" - there are those like me and Johnboy (including HDRA
*) who believe it sets "very few viable seeds".
Can't you leave it at that? What is it you are trying to prove?
* See my earlier post
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Re: Other ways of using Comfrey
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:00 am
by Johnboy
Hi Nemo,
There are many plants that have come from different countries that do not act to British weather as they do elsewhere or in their place of origin.
These plants do not set viable seed here in UK but they are not sterile. Sterility is another altogether different condition.
To the best of my knowledge Bocking 14 has not set seed here but the plants taken to France were scions produced from my own stock that had been here for a long time and they did produce viable seed there.
I ask you to accept what I have said in good faith.
JB.
Re: Other ways of using Comfrey
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:20 pm
by nemo
i understand where ye are comming from its not all black or white
regards and happy new year
nemo
Re: Other ways of using Comfrey
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:47 pm
by alan refail
I have spent some time today removing seedlings of Bocking 14 from the polytunnel where I spread compost containing some overwintered comfrey which I let run to seed last autumn and then composted
