graibeard's Comfrey Tea - 11/2010 x 1 Repotted
Plant: Russian comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum) | Variety: Bocking 14
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Novembers harvest of 63.5 lbs (28.8 kilos), plus a recharge of another 33 lbs (15 kgs), is now stacked into the Comfrey Tower, or the Tea Column, or the Collector. I’ll settle on a name one day…
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graibeard's Comfrey Tea - 11/2010 Care Instructions
Ensure you have enough space in your garden for this plant - Russian comfrey 'Bocking 14' is known for growing to a height of approximately 60.0 cm (that's 1.95 feet in imperial).
Your garden has don't know light - try to position in a partial sun location instead.
Your garden has none soil: try to position in a sand soil for the best result.
Remember to water moderately.
More information about Comfrey Tea - 11/2010 is available in the Folia gardener's wiki. All Comfrey Tea - 11/2010 Care Instructions have been kindly provided by our members.
Harvest Tally
Milestones
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21 Dec 2010
Repotted day 38 Comfrey tea production - 11/2010: 2nd...
Recharged with 35.5lbs (16.1kgs). Total 132 lbs (59.9kgs)
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17 Dec 2010
Harvesting day 34
Slowing down – needs a recharge, still no sewer smell.
1.0 x item 2000.0 g
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10 Dec 2010
Harvesting day 27
1.0 x item 1250.0 g
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07 Dec 2010
Harvesting day 24
less 500g for previous miscount (not 1.5 litre bottles)2.0 x item 2000.0 g
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06 Dec 2010
Harvesting day 23
1.0 x item 2000.0 g
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05 Dec 2010
Harvesting day 22
smell is still quite tame, definetely not a sewer just a strong fruity vegetable smell.
1.0 x item 1250.0 g
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03 Dec 2010
Harvesting day 20
1.0 x item 1250.0 g
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02 Dec 2010
Harvesting day 19
1 0ff 1.25 litres
1.0 x item 1250.0 g
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01 Dec 2010
Harvesting day 18
2 off 1.25 litre bottles
1.0 x item 2500.0 g
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29 Nov 2010
Harvesting day 16
getting a tad robust in the nose department.
1.0 x item 2000.0 g
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26 Nov 2010
Harvesting day 13
first partial draw turned black in the sun, rest is still the yellow/green colour.
1.0 x item 2000.0 g
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24 Nov 2010
Harvesting day 11
Getting stronger in smell but still vegetable based.
1.0 x item 2000.0 g
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23 Nov 2010
Repotted day 10 Comfrey tea production - 11/2010: Tow...
Recharged with another 33 lbs (15 kgs) of Comfrey stalks & leaves
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22 Nov 2010
Harvesting day 9
2 × 1.5 litre bottles – 3 litres total
2.0 x item 3000.0 g
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21 Nov 2010
Harvesting day 8
1.0 x item 2000.0 g
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19 Nov 2010
Harvesting day 6 Comfrey tea production - 11/2010: Fir...
2000g = 2 litres
1.0 x item 2000.0 g
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13 Nov 2010
Established day 0 Comfrey tea production - 11/2010
Production starts with 63.5 lbs (28.8 kgs) of leaves and stalks.
Comments
chobbzy wrote:
63 lbs struth you must have it growing all over the place, love the weights & measures no wunder you don’t need a weight at the top, how many bottles of juice do you think you will get out of that
Posted on 14 Nov 10 (over 2 years ago)
graibeard wrote:
I certainly do. :-) Check out the photos of the actual harvest.
I love the balance beams, come the Apocalypse they’ll still be working. ;-) You just can’t beat good old fashioned weights and levers for consistent, unarguable results. And if someone wants to argue then the weight at the and, and hooks at the other are reminiscent of a medieval mace!
I was a bad boy and stopped recording the last load, I intend to do better this time around. A wild guess would be 20 – 40 litres of liquid that could be diluted 1:10 (9 parts water, 1 part comfrey tea) or 1:20 in the very early stages of the process. It’s a bit hard to pin it down because I found that when the column starts to empty, condensation drips down the internal walls and dilutes the mix, it probably happens full or empty but with nothing inside the air can change out fairly quickly. I worked that one out when the tea became weak but still flowed strongly in its final stages, I hadn’t struck the fountain of plenty after all!
Posted on 14 Nov 10 (over 2 years ago)
Mezneil wrote:
I think I need instruction on this one Grai…
Posted on 15 Nov 10 (over 2 years ago)
graibeard wrote:
@Mezneil… :-)…
Posted on 15 Nov 10 (over 2 years ago)
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