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weekendwarrior

Moved to a new house with a front and back garden that dreams are made of. Previous owner left an eye sore so it's time to learn!

Symphytum caucasicum

  • Season Icon Late SpringLate Spring 2017
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weekendwarrior

These are the bees fav so far this week

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  • Season Icon Late SpringLate Spring 2017
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MelanieAt

Looks like comfrey. Symphitum. You can make a great fertilizer by soaking the leaves in a bucket full of water for a week. It will smell strong and then you can spray the leaves directly with it.

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weekendwarrior

Omg I just love tips like this @MelanieAt . So just the leaves and spray just the congrats with it or other plants? I figured fertilizer of any sorts would have to go into the soil :). Thanks for the ID

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MelanieAt

So to be sure if the ID, I would need to see a picture of the whole plant. I'm 98% sure that it's comfrey but it could also be mertensia Virginica (Virginia blue bells) which wouldn't do much as a foliar spray.

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MelanieAt

And you can use the spray on any plant. You can discard the soaked plant bits in the compost bin after

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  • Season Icon Late SpringLate Spring 2017
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weekendwarrior

Help me identify this plant

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weekendwarrior

@MelanieAt this is the best I got till this storm passes :) any other day

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MelanieAt

Totally comfrey! Awesome :)

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weekendwarrior

@MelanieAt apparently it's only here for its medicinal uses. Which I'm excited to try. But throughout the whole spring it was the fav for the bee's.

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MelanieAt

Bees 🐝 love comfrey. It's so nectar rich that they can't resist it.

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