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    So, I can put nettles on compost heap ok if they're cut before they flower??
    I've a lot of nettles .... Was just going to spray them with weed killer but prefer above option.
    If I dig them out, roots an all, can all of it be thrown on the compost heap??
    ~~~ Gardening is medicine that does not need
    a prescription ... And with no limit on dosage.
    - Author Unknown ~~~

  • #2
    Yes, you can compost them, but you could use them for a liquid feed if you put them in a bucket of water and weight them down. After a few weeks it'll stink to high heaven, but the liquid makes a fantastic feed
    https://nodigadventures.blogspot.com/

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    • #3
      Don't put the roots in the compost heap - they'll regrow!
      You can eat young nettles like spinach. Nettle, potato and onion soup is nice

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      • #4
        If you grow Comfrey you can mix the nettle tea with the Comfrey tea and create a nigh on balanced fertiliser.The nettle tea is suppsedly high in Nitrogen and the Comfrey is high in Potassium.
        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

        Diversify & prosper


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        • #5
          Thank you all for replies!
          Think I'm going to cut them all back, save some for nettle tea and plonk the rest (minus roots, thanks VC..) onto compost heap
          ~~~ Gardening is medicine that does not need
          a prescription ... And with no limit on dosage.
          - Author Unknown ~~~

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          • #6
            MOM agrees fully
            sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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            • #7
              I have composted even the roots from nettles, as I had so much of them, but only after letting them dry out in the sun for a couple of weeks, a few years ago. I didn't have any trouble with them regrowing on the compost heap - only where I'd dug them out of. I clearly didn't catch them all lol
              https://nodigadventures.blogspot.com/

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              • #8
                I HATE NETTLES

                Blooming things always sting me even through thick gloves then I'm itching and scratching and having it throbbing for the whole day.

                The reason I hate the things was from my childhood, I was sat on the rack on the back of my brothers bike and we were just wearing swimming trunks 'cos it was a scorching summer day. I'm sure we were going through this place called Moorlands which was a club with big grounds taking a shortcut when my brother decided to go through a place with nettles about 4ft high and hit a pothole. We were both catapulted into the nettles you can imagine what happened but I was no more than 6 years old. Can remember us both being covered from head to toe in Calamine lotion, we looked like screaming, crying ghosts.
                The day that Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck ...

                ... is the day they make vacuum cleaners

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                • #9
                  Muddy Boots, poor you! No wonder you have a nettle hatred!!!!
                  I'll savage those beasts in your honour...!!!
                  ~~~ Gardening is medicine that does not need
                  a prescription ... And with no limit on dosage.
                  - Author Unknown ~~~

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                  • #10
                    I love nettles. I eat them straight off the plant and they taste great.

                    Paul

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