Nettles - this is not a joke!

[supersprout]

Does anyone have nettle seed please?
I don't have any on me plot, and want to grow a nice thick hedge of them next to the fence.

[supersprout]

[carloso]

good green manure but unfortunatly i dont have any but i did look up :-

http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/seeds/pages/wild2.htm

go well down the page and there ya have it Nettle common and nettle small, I added the the write up in as i didnt realise just what common old nettle could do !!!

Hope it helps

Carl

Nettle Common    Perennial     Av 7,000 seeds/gram
Urtica dioica - Common Nettle, Stinging Nettle, Native British Seed
Hgt 50-150cm  Flowers June to September
A very under rated and useful plant for culinary, medicinal, dyestuff, fibre, oil and liquid plant food. The leaves have small hairs that sting causing irritation to the skin. The stinging is neutralised by either drying or cooking, they are then safe to use as an edible plant. This plant is an excellent attractor to wildlife and provides nutritious food. The sting can be relieved by rubbing the effected area with dock leaves.
The plant was used in manufacturing cloth from as early as the Bronze age. Culinary the leaves are used young, being picked before June, cooked and can be used as a vegetable like spinach, and added to soups and stews. Young shoots are used to make nettle beer and dried leaves as a herbal tea. A medicinal herb used for treating anemia, stemming internal bleeding, skin and hair problems. It is grown commercially for chlorophyll obtained from the leaves and stems. Sow seed in a cold frame in spring. Position plants in nitrogen rich fertile soil in full sun to partial shade.

1 gram pkt £1.25
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Nettle Small    Annual    Av 2,500 seeds/gram
Urtica urens
Hgt 60+cm  Flowers May to October
Wild flower/Herb      Native British  Burning Nettle
A very under rated and useful plant for culinary, medicinal, dyestuff, fibre, oil and liquid plant food.
The leaves have small hairs that sting causing irritation to the skin. The stinging is neutralised by either drying or cooking, they are then safe to use as an edible plant. This plant is an excellent attractor to wildlife. The sting can be relieved by rubbing the effected area with dock leaves.
The plant was used in manufacturing cloth from as early as the Bronze age. Culinary the leaves are used young, being picked before June, cooked and can be used as a vegetable like spinach, and added to soups and stews. Young shoots are used to make nettle beer. A medicinal herb used for treating anaemia, bites, stings, burns and stemming internal bleeding, also used for scalp and hair problems. A green dye is obtained from the leaves and stems. Sow seed in a cold frame in spring just covering the seed. Position plants in nitrogen rich fertile soil in full sun.

1 gram pkt £1.25
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10 gram pkt £7.90
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[CityChick]

Erm - yes... I do.  Bought some from Nickys Nursery a few weeks ago... few thousand more than I need ::) 

Supersprout - if you pm me your address, I'll happily pop some in the post to you.

Lisa

[Rosyred]

I couldn't ponce some as well please could I? Often wondered what neetle soup would be like but didn't fancy using the ones along the road.

[grawrc]

I love nettle and bramble tea but  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ usually get Twining's!

[CityChick]

Sure Rosyred - just PM me your addie too.  I haven't opened the packet yet, but the website says there's 7,000 seeds in there :o so I'm sure that's enough to share round... ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

Nettle soup's nice, but only use the young tips.