Bad_mother
Striker
Nettle soup out of the young tops.... Good source of iron for free
(Probably wash em tho if you've pissed on em)
(Probably wash em tho if you've pissed on em)
Best ways to get rid of stinging nettles in the garden?
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tunstall birdman
Striker
If my garden lead onto a pub smoking area that would be a great idea. Just stick up a sign saying 'Piss here' and get weeding done for free.
Bad_mother
Striker
Good post.
The wildlife prefer the other wild plants in my garden rather than the nettles, so they can go. Mind, on a search I have discovered that you can make nettle beer.
Nettle Beer Recipe - Great British Chefs
Also, I remember Bear Grills, made straps for a satchel, using nettles. That could always come in handy.
I made nettle beer.... It was fkn RANK....
Handy for baiting slug traps with tho
tunstall birdman
Striker
I would not piss on them if I was going to eat them mind.
look out piano
Striker
Bleach ?For a few years I have struggled to get rid of them. Dug the roots up last years but a new patch of them are now coming up. But last month in a moment of inspiration, because I am against using weed killer, I thought 'Slash on them, it works on Dandelion plants'.
So for the past months at night, sometimes I have be slashing on a sample patch at the front and successfully some have died and others of the new shoots are wilting. The sample core is working!
The ones at the back that I have worked on yet are bidder now and starting to grow quick, I am now starting to work on them. There is no question of my aim not hitting any target, because as a kid I had many years experience writing my name on the ground or walls.
The question is, it looks like I am winning the battle but when Springtime proper kicks in, will I eventually end up fighting more and more, only wound, not kill the roots and lose the battle?
Other suggestions are welcome!
tunstall birdman
Striker
Nah, harmful to the environment and would also not want to get arrested for 'Bleach of the peace'.
Laeotaekhun
Striker
If your piss ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Beer for nuthin' and your chicks for free
Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya, them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb
bigmarlon
Winger
Go into the garden naked and roll around in them for 20 minutes. Do this daily until you become immune to their stings. Then, build yourself a nettle suit and declare yourself King of the Nettles. Then, send a letter to parliament challenging Queen Elizabeth to a 1v1 nettle fight. She will have no choice but to accept your rightful challenge for the throne. When you inevitably defeat her in battle, which you will, march with your nettle army across Europe and create the United Nations of Nettle. Once done, threaten the US that if they don't hand over power to you immedietly you'll invade on your nettle fleet. Trump will concede to your superior army of nettles and ask for leniency for his people. Ignore his pleas. Invade the US, defeat him with your nettle gun (I assume you'll have learned how to craft nettle weapons by then), wipe out the US population and replace them with nettles. Congratulations, you are now leader of the Western world. Simple.
Vinny the Mackem
Winger
RedHouseMackem
Midfield
How would squeezing a little bleach onto a nettle root be harmful to the environment ?
MonkeyLove
Striker
Rub dock leaves on them
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Small nuclear device?
Napoleon Dynamite
Striker
For a few years I have struggled to get rid of them. Dug the roots up last years but a new patch of them are now coming up. But last month in a moment of inspiration, because I am against using weed killer, I thought 'Slash on them, it works on Dandelion plants'.
So for the past months at night, sometimes I have be slashing on a sample patch at the front and successfully some have died and others of the new shoots are wilting. The sample core is working!
The ones at the back that I have worked on yet are bidder now and starting to grow quick, I am now starting to work on them. There is no question of my aim not hitting any target, because as a kid I had many years experience writing my name on the ground or walls.
The question is, it looks like I am winning the battle but when Springtime proper kicks in, will I eventually end up fighting more and more, only wound, not kill the roots and lose the battle?
Other suggestions are welcome!
Go and talk to them
They’ll wilt and die instantly
pillars of hercules
Striker
I love nettle soup. Like you say take the tops. More tender and piss free. They are packed with nutrients and lots of protein.
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For a few years I have struggled to get rid of them. Dug the roots up last years but a new patch of them are now coming up. But last month in a moment of inspiration, because I am against using weed killer, I thought 'Slash on them, it works on Dandelion plants'.
So for the past months at night, sometimes I have be slashing on a sample patch at the front and successfully some have died and others of the new shoots are wilting. The sample core is working!
The ones at the back that I have worked on yet are bidder now and starting to grow quick, I am now starting to work on them. There is no question of my aim not hitting any target, because as a kid I had many years experience writing my name on the ground or walls.
The question is, it looks like I am winning the battle but when Springtime proper kicks in, will I eventually end up fighting more and more, only wound, not kill the roots and lose the battle?
Other suggestions are welcome!
Why not keep a patch of them for wildlife (butterflies, etc)?
Given nettles can spread via rhizomes (underground roots growing horizontally), you've got one hell of a battle.
I thought nettles actually thrived in run-off areas from septic tanks? Something to do with preferring alkaline soil conditions the piss generates.
On the plus side, it's normally a good sign of fertile soil, so if you do manage to get rid of them, you should be able to grow some decent stuff.
On the plus side, it's normally a good sign of fertile soil, so if you do manage to get rid of them, you should be able to grow some decent stuff.
Swindon On Tour
Striker
For a few years I have struggled to get rid of them. Dug the roots up last years but a new patch of them are now coming up. But last month in a moment of inspiration, because I am against using weed killer, I thought 'Slash on them, it works on Dandelion plants'.
So for the past months at night, sometimes I have be slashing on a sample patch at the front and successfully some have died and others of the new shoots are wilting. The sample core is working!
The ones at the back that I have worked on yet are bidder now and starting to grow quick, I am now starting to work on them. There is no question of my aim not hitting any target, because as a kid I had many years experience writing my name on the ground or walls.
The question is, it looks like I am winning the battle but when Springtime proper kicks in, will I eventually end up fighting more and more, only wound, not kill the roots and lose the battle?
Other suggestions are welcome!
You clearly didn’t get the roots up.
Same with brambles. Get the root core out and they don’t come back. The house we moved into a few years back had brambles like vines, some 30 feet long.
Got one of those garden shredders and fed them in and made chippings. That placed on a walk way keeps the ivy away.
You city folk.......
