My allotment is being overrun by nettles, I bought some pretty gardening gloves thinking they would help, they appear to only be decorative for all the protection they've given me. The nettles have managed to sting me through my jeans and and jumper, so I think I'm going to need elbow high super thick gloves at this rate!
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I bought my dad a nice pair of leather type,tough material gloves,near elbow length from wyeva1e,think they were about £10 but worth investing in quality gloves because some thistles are painful!! I used them to cut through a load of thistles at theirs & they were great,it's nice to have your arm covered a bit for protection.Location : Essex
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Even a pair of heavy duty rubber gloves would help in the interim. Plus they have a gauntlet to protect your arms a bit......Plus flippers wet suit and goggles.....sorry got carried away there.
Don't forget they are great to put them on your compost heap minus any flowery seedy bits of course.
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It's not a pretty solution, but I wear a pair of marigolds under my normal gardening gloves for nettles. They are no good for brambles, but they will cope with nettles and thistles, and I'm a cheapskate.http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia
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I do have gloves for pulling up nettles - I only remember about them after I've done it so have no efficient they are (although I'd hazzard a guess that they'd be more efficient on my hands rather than in the shed).
Still, nettles are supposed to be good for arthritis and the Romans used to thrash themselves with nettles to promote blood circulation.
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Depending on how many nettles they are I usually pull them out with my fingers about a cm below ground, there is no sting down there and usually come out quite well. Failing that I use workmens gloves they have a plastic coating all over and a cotton cuff. I got them off ebay for £1If you want to view paradise
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riggers gloves - cheap and last a good long time
£1.10 a pair from toolstation Canadian Rigger Gloves - Toolstation
Also dont throw them out - use them for nettle fertiliser
Ive got loads and plan to keep a patch for just for that purposeLast edited by janzbro; 27-10-2015, 12:10 AM.82.6% of people believe any statstic!
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Originally posted by janzbro View Postriggers gloves - cheap and last a good long time £1.10 a pair Also dont throw them out - use them for nettle fertilisersigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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