ForestGardener

drtreelove: curiously, I know it the other way round - 'knitbone'. Apparently been in use for fractures for aeons. Had some in London, good ground cover plant and an attractive tight growth pattern. When I gripped a leaf I could feel a numbing effect in the finger and thumb for some time after. Did you notice the same? [Ajuga reptans, toadflax, does the same but less so]. Definitely has a medicinal, and probably a poison value depending on how it's administered. Didn't know it was good for fertiliser.

Wagner54: thanks for the extra info. Could be smaller 'cos of soil and possibly they like it cooler(???) Will ask you for a cutting some time in the future if I may. I'm always looking for organic fertilisers, mainly because I don't want to pay inflated prices for something that works for less than a month [chemical fertilisers] when I can use dung which does as well for three years. Thought, would guess it needs to be well composted before use else it would propogate all over the place when spread as fertiliser(???)

Euca

Not a problem to get a few cuttings, like I said before in a couple a years I will have plenty of them. And your spot on about composting it first because in the the fresh form you would have comfrey plants coming up everywhere that you tilled it in.

Hi Wagner54

Can i ask what kind of Comfrey you have? What i understand it is extremely invasive. I read that most of people that are into permaculture use

Russian Comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum)"bocking 14" because it´s sterile.

I've found many references to Rhizobium, but not concrete answers.

Can anyone give me answers to the following questions.

Where can I buy/aquire Rhizobium in Thailand ?

Does it have a Thai name ?

Where can I find out which type of Rhiz I need for a particular crop ?

Im going to plant Leucaena, Common Vetch, Scarlet Clover & soybean.(all for soil improvement).

If I can get it, how do I use it ?

If I cant get it, will it naturaly develop over time ?, my land has been used for soybean in the past, but its had a 2 year break.

I know the stuff will grow, but I'm after nitrogen & organic matter, not beans.

Thanks

Hi

I also want to know if it´s possible to buy in Thailand.

I only found NODULAID.

I am going to fill a lot of rice paddies with soil and was thinking of cover it with Cow Pea mixed with something like this.