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Does anyone make their own Comfrey "tea" to use as plant food?

On Gardeners' World yesterday evening Frances Tophill used a section of drain pipe, possibly two feet high. Then she weighted down the scrunched up leaves, rain falls into the pipe and "tea" filters out the end.

This is supposedly a less smelly version than putting it in a bucket.

 

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Does anyone make their own Comfrey "tea" to use as plant food?

On Gardeners' World yesterday evening Frances Tophill used a section of drain pipe, possibly two feet high. Then she weighted down the scrunched up leaves, rain falls into the pipe and "tea" filters out the end.

This is supposedly a less smelly version than putting it in a bucket.

I've done it for years. It's not as bad as the bucket method, but it still stinks when you open the tap to let it out.
The semi-rotted residue is also disgusting in texture and smell.
I don't rely on rain, but pour water in.