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Original photos of this plant from Oak Summit Nursery.
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.
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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
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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.
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A popular permaculture plant, used to make tea and with a history of medicinal applications.
Collect the leaves wearing gloves and long sleeves!
Used to make an excellent tea, also culinary uses when the leaves are collected in the spring. Used in soups and salads.
Drying or cooking the leaves removes the stinging effect.
Accumulates nutrients and can used to make liquid fertilizer for your garden.
Grows 2-4 ft (0.75-1.5m) tall
Stratification Required: 2 weeks warm followed by 6 weeks cold
Hardiness Zone: 3
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