stinging nettle, right now the seeds/pods are green, this is a good time to collect them for tea or all of the medicinal stuff. I wait for them to turn brown then collect them for seed. Generally, let the seeds mature and brown on the plant. Sometimes this gets tricky, quite a few plants can quickly drop their seed when it’s ripe, there is some skill and experience needed do collect wildflower seeds.. so far I just do the easy ones.

stinging nettle seed. easy to clean with a screen. I collected them last month and like to air dry in paper bags, after cleaning they get labelled, dated and go into a fridge. you can follow a similar process for many seeds, often the trick is timing. #seedsaving

stinging nettle seeds coming up. planted april 1st, it's just warm enough now staying above freezing at night for them to germinate. these will get divided up into plugs, they're perennial and the fresh shoots in the spring are popular.