Propagating and Growing Stinging Nettle

[@svelanikolova5776]

Eat the seed for brain health The roots for male prostate health Havd your tomatoes next to your nettle to attracts the aphids to the nettle instead of the tomatoes. It also brings butterfly pollinators to your garden. As an arthritis cure, beat all your joints with the stinging nettle to increase circulation. Give 1 cup of dried nettles to your bunnies for good health For you, make steamed nettle tomato soup with garlic oragano and a little olive oil Or Stinging nettle fried rice Or Boiled rice yogurt and stinging nettle dish The tomato soup stinging nettle dish was my recipe Use stinging nettle for chop and drop mulch or use it in dried powder form for your plants. Warm greetings from Bulgaria

[@greatescapefarms]

Thank you so much! I love it. Medicinal info and companion planting. I like the way you think!

[@svelanikolova5776]

@@greatescapefarms I learn from others. I like to spread valuable information for people Happy life and best wishes

[@greatescapefarms]

@@svelanikolova5776 Thank you so much!

[@svelanikolova5776]

@@greatescapefarms copy and paste info to get people healthy . That is the biggest high I get. Greetings and warm wishes from Bulgaria

[@svelanikolova5776]

@@greatescapefarms let me know how you like my tomato soup recipe?

[@farmfreshideas579]

Pubmed has many studies where stinging nettles helps fight cancer. Good video thanks for sharing.

[@greatescapefarms]

You are welcome and thanks for the info on Pubmed.

[@lourdesdoty7765]

@@greatescapefarms , pub med is the LAST place I ever look to learn about herbs and natural healing!!!!!

[@alfonsomunoz4424]

OMG, Murphy's spots! What a beautiful little boy.

[@greatescapefarms]

Yes, he's my garden buddy.

[@kevywilliams3304]

YOU CAN HARVEST THE SEEDS !!! Edible too !

[@greatescapefarms]

Awesome! Thanks for the info!

[@andnowi]

The most serious stinging nettle video on youtube

[@sharonturner5896]

Thanks for your gardening tips.

[@greatescapefarms]

You are most welcome!

[@elizabeththill5684]

Thanks for the information. I transplanted some after picking them from the hillside across the street. I now have my own nettle patch to pick from and it is expanding. They do not get sprayed at my house. Good information. Glad I found you.

[@greatescapefarms]

Glad to have helped!

[@rethastillwaterstone9552]

I ordered the seed ,please make a video starting plants from seed,thank you ,, love you videos

[@greatescapefarms]

I doubt that I'd get the video out before you plant. Just follow the directions on the package and you should be fine. I did start mine indoors under a grow light to give them a head start, but other than that I followed the directions on the package.

[@niceglass6484]

How would you prune in the winter? Also if you harvest the tips do new tips form? Thanks for the great video

[@lovingmontasoccer]

This plant is doing so wel! Just have ideal soil and trim it down in the winter!

[@MilanCHE78]

I just let it grow in back of my yard, part of it I let to grow full size for seeds, and part of it i use for leafs cutting regularly.

[@greatescapefarms]

Awesome! Do you cook with it?

[@MilanCHE78]

@@greatescapefarms Always

[@greatescapefarms]

@@MilanCHE78 Good deal. I've been too busy with other things the last couple of years. I need to get back to it.

[@СтефанКарић]

Did you grow it from the seed an is it going to grow again next year without seeding?

[@greatescapefarms]

My original plant patch came from 6 seeds. They have come back for the last 3 years as this plant is a perennial.

[@СтефанКарић]

@@greatescapefarms Thanks!

[@greatescapefarms]

@@СтефанКарић You are welcome!

[@tracycrider7778]

How are you keeping it confined to the bed if you let it go to seed? Does rhizomes grow past your edges?

[@greatescapefarms]

I just pull it when it gets to the edges and weed whack outside the bed to keep it tidy.

[@iwillaremedy]

Do you know if you can propagate the leaf cutting?

[@timothylongmore7325]

I'm sure you could but with most plants a good root cutting works the best , yeah? Or seeds.

[@nian60]

You confused me when you said self fertile. European stinging nettle has separate male and female plants, not both on the same plant like Gracilis has.

[@timothylongmore7325]

I was confused when studying nettles. Most of the video were British. My plants are bisexual. USA. Not sure the type other than not wood nettles.

[@sweaterdoll]

My two plants, after 4 years, are still just two plants in the same spot. They never spread like that. I do harvest new growth in the late spring. I've also never seen seeds, just the male pollen things. Maybe that's why?

[@greatescapefarms]

Hmm. Are they getting enough sunlight?

[@sweaterdoll]

@@greatescapefarms Full sun. Maybe a little shade at the end of the day. There's only one spot in my whole yard that gets sun all day and that's where the garden beds are and they are just to the outside of those. I'm going to extend the bed and propagate them this fall and also plant more seeds. Fingers crossed, because I'm tired of spending a money buying nettle leaf from an outside source.

[@greatescapefarms]

@@sweaterdoll Good luck with your move and propagation.

[@Jerseyhighlander]

Sounds like your soil may need some amendments... Maybe try fish emulsion. Nettle likes a fairly rich soil. Also, check the soil pH.

[@sweaterdoll]

@@Jerseyhighlander I ended up planting a bunch of small bare root plants last fall in a very wet area that's a bit shaded and they are coming up great this spring. I think the other spot just doesn't get enough water and the soil isn't great. I'm going to sprinkle a lot of compost around those and make sure they get more water and see if they don't take off better, but I expect the new patch to do much better where it is. I think the first patch is just in a bad spot.

[@michelleahrens3359]

Thankyou ....good life

[@johnkirby4290]

Thanks you for the help and information. 🏴‍☠️

[@greatescapefarms]

You are most welcome.

[@travelchannel304]

So..hows it look if in one's yard?

[@nadirahcroom1938]

What type of soil should they go in?

[@lesamos8900]

Itransplanted some baby nettles now about 2inches tall and seem to have stopped growig a few leaves have turned yellow wtats wrong and how can i fix it ,thank you

[@jswhosoever4533]

Too much water? Are they too wet?

[@JennySimon206]

I sprouted some in a flat in a bunch. Do i just divide them into clumps or try and seperate each one?

[@greatescapefarms]

I'd just divide into clumps.

[@LadyGoza]

My stinging nettle leaves keep turning black on their perimeter. Do you know what I'm doing wrong? It's still in the pot. I'm about to put it in the ground.

[@greatescapefarms]

Did they ever dry out? I've had other plants that I forgot about and they dried out. I watered them and they did not die, but the perimeter turned black and the leaves were dry and crumbly.

[@debendraoram6214]

I want to buy this nettles seed to grow my kitchen garden.

[@greatescapefarms]

There is an Amazon in the show notes. I'm not selling them, just linking for viewers like you whou would like seed. I just checked and it is still available.

[@jaimiehashey9233]

Definitely want to tell folks who don't have callouses to wear gloves with these plants.

[@primrosematheson1219]

Is it best to propagate rhizomes in Autumn, winter in pots or plant rhizomes directly out in the soil in Spring?

[@greatescapefarms]

I have not tried a lot of methods, but have had wonderful luck every time I've propagated in the late spring/early summer. They are going through a growth sprit then and establish nicely.

[@fiesalalawar7796]

Dear, I bought the seeds from Amazon, but I don’t know in what month i should plant them?

[@greatescapefarms]

They should be planted in the spring. I'm in the United States zone 6, so I would put them in the ground in April.

[@ZE308AC]

You could also buy the seeds at strictly medicinal seeds

[@greatescapefarms]

Thanks for sharing!

[@johnq.public2621]

Thanks! strictlymedicinalseeds.com/

[@ZE308AC]

@@greatescapefarms your welcome

[@kennethnormanthompson2740]

Now we know how to grow them - can you tell us how to stop them growing.

[@greatescapefarms]

I have not tried this myself but have heard that it will work - Organic weed killer: www.drivenbydecor.com/organic-weed-killer-spray/

[@iwillaremedy]

Eat them! Sautéed with garlic 😋

[@priscillafabbri9292]

Seeds ?

[@greatescapefarms]

?

[@acej7271]

im looking for a way to kill it.

[@greatescapefarms]

You can always cook it and eat it :)

[@HeyYouSA]

Need me to donate some gloves?

[@greatescapefarms]

:)

[@paul8093]

Try to just use basil, or mint propaganda, method looks like it would work that way also

[@greatescapefarms]

Thanks.

[@renafarted9075]

Yeah web MD prob not the place for natural health info

[@greatescapefarms]

I don't necessarily disagree with you on that but sometimes they have useful info.

[@kristofp72]

Most people want to get rid of stinging nettle 😂. It's a weed here.

[@greatescapefarms]

It's a tasty weed though!

[@elizabeththill5684]

Very nutritious. My herb teacher always says "eat your weeds".