nettles

[JennieAtkinson]

Just stuff nettle tops (new ones, not woody ones) into a bucket or as I have done a 1.5 litre milk carton. Top up with water. Shuckle around every day and after about four weeks use it as a feed for your plants at a dosage of around 1 part nettle tea to ten parts water.

It gives a good nitrogen feed (I think!) Not into this science stuff!

Good luck!

[HeyWayne]

Is this nettle tea stuff supposed to be good for helping to grow better veg?
wouldn't mind trying it if anyone has the ''recipe'' lol.
thanks!

Salina, I think it's merely, nettles, water, some form of container to house them in, and a gas mask.

I could be wrong, but that's my take on it...

[HeyWayne]

Just stuff nettle tops (new ones, not woody ones) into a bucket or as I have done a 1.5 litre milk carton. Top up with water. Shuckle around every day and after about four weeks use it as a feed for your plants at a dosage of around 1 part nettle tea to ten parts water.

It gives a good nitrogen feed (I think!) Not into this science stuff!

Good luck!

Yeah, or that.

[terrier]

I use nettles of any age but only the leaves which I strip off the stems. Should I be using the stems as well?

[Siskin]

I put the stems in my soup, but they haven't rotted like the leaves. I might take them out actually, unless other people recommend otherwise?

[cottage garden]

I have an old plastic dustbin which I fill with nettles (stems, roots and leaves), cover with water and leave for 3-4 weeks by which time you can smell it a mile away. I use it diluted as a high nitrogen feed to help plants with growth in the early stages.

I also have another plastic dustbin filled with comfrey leaves and water that I use as a high potash feed. I use this to feed plants when they are fruiting. Sometimes I add a bowl of each to a watering can...it just depends what [I] am doing.

Always have a lid on top or you get loads of mosquitoes..