Wanted to buy Comfrey

Submitted by arlington on 12 May, 2008 - 21:16.

Has anyone ever come across someone growing comfrey in Nicaragua. Russian comfrey produces no seeds so it's very important to get the roots of the plant. In northern climates it makes an ideal ground cover because it is not particularly invasive. In composting it breaks down rapidly and is used to make compost tea which is very rich in phoshorus and potassium. I'd appreciate a tip if anyone becomes aware of this . . . oh and the strawbeey/blackberry request still stands too. Thanks.

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La Garnacha

Submitted by nuestragringa on 17 May, 2008 - 22:24.

La Garnacha farm outside Esteli has comfrey growing, as well Artemisia and other medicinal herbs. I spent 3 weeks there on a volunteer mission in October. Fyl can point it out to you, at the top of the Tisey reserve.

You can also buy great compost from them, produced through vermiculture

If you are unsuccessful

Submitted by Sue on 17 May, 2008 - 16:01.

If you are unsuccessful finding any comfrey in Nicaragua try Richters Herbs. They are a Canadian company that ships worldwide (and they are good at it) They have seeds for common comfrey, and plants of Bocking 4, Bocking 14, common and the low growing cultivar that is used for ground cover. I think Bocking 14 is the one you are looking for, it has the highest medicinal content and also the highest protein level, plus is more rust resistant. They will take care of all the phytosanitary docs. There is a small fee to bare root the plant. If it is not available in Nicaragua, I'm sure you could recoup your import costs by selling starts. I was really impressed with the plants they shipped to me. Their customer service people are very nice to deal with.

comfrey

Submitted by Billy Bob on 20 May, 2008 - 19:54.

La Casita restaurant in Esteli had some for sale recently in their nursery. You might talk to the owner about his success growing it.

I plan to grow some when I get my garden fence in to improve the bad soil.

¨pata de perro¨

thanks for the tip BB

Submitted by arlington on 20 May, 2008 - 22:41.

It's great to hear it is grown here, and with some success. I'm way down in Granada, and don't get around much but, I'll keep them in mind.

Try this for your strawberry

Submitted by thom on 16 May, 2008 - 19:43.

Try this for your strawberry cravings Rob

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La Sombra

Submitted by fyl on 17 May, 2008 - 08:55.

Doug previously pointed to La Sombra in this post. It looks like a very nice place that I have added to my travel list.

It also got me thinking about now tourism in northern Nicaragua just isn't mentioned. If you go to typical travel sites you see "visit Granada" or "visit SJdS". I am thinking about talking to La Sombra, Selva Negra, ourselves (CoolTop) and others about mutual promotion.

Someday you may be able to see some competition between what the various locations in north-central Nicaragua are doing but today it seems the goal is for all of us to get together and try to put this region on the map.

CoolTop is far from being an open business but the idea of being able to advertise "spend a week in northern Nicaragua" where we arrange two days and three different places, transport between them, a fishing trip, ... as a turn-key travel opportunity seems like the way to go.