Nettle Tea

[c-ray]

it's the nettle roots that are best for the prostate, ideally harvested when the plant is dormant

 

[vonforne]

it's the nettle roots that are best for the prostate, ideally harvested when the plant is dormant

Do you have any peer reviewed papers on this?

A scientific study???

 

[c-ray]

here ya go, enjoy!

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=nettle+root+prostate&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=

 

[scai]

wow, that's hard core. In my area people who touch a nettle just eat a bunch of histamines and call it good lol

 

[Husky Jackal]

Hi all !
I'm planning to do a stinging nettle FPE and I have some questions:
How much should I let the nettles in the water ? Some say a few days, some say 2 or 3 weeks...
Can I give this to sensitive sativa dominant hybrids or should I dilute it further ?
Can I store the FPE in bottles once the fermenting is finished ?
Thanks in advance, HJ.

 

[Cool Moe]

Husky,

I just ran a test on tomatoes and cucumbers using nettle tea. It worked unbelievably well, caused the most explosive growth I've ever seen, worth a try for sure. Both tomato bushes just went nuts and started folding out dozens of flower clusters and haven't stopped. The first application worked so well I made a second and both batches brewed about 7 days. Most of the green matter dissolves in that time. Strain the rest, then mix your nettle water with regular water at 1/10 ratio. Smell is somewhere between rank sewer water and crap from a beefaroni-fed horse. Don't get it on your hands, takes a few days to get the smell out.

 

[dung beetle]

nettle tea is fantastic,i tend to if you can use as many dandilions as you can find into the mix with the nettle ..the dandelion will help with Mg

 

[chef]

Here are mine, along with some Hops n Ganja



Finish off about 4-5', so maybe the dwarf variety?
Really skunky funky flowers last year too, would love to have some ganj with that aroma

Planning on harvesting a bunch down at the river also, those all get 8'+

cheers

 

[BugJar]

Here are mine, along with some Hops n Ganja

what kind of hops are you growing?

 

[VonBudí]

just wondering but has anyone chopped nettles up and added them into a soil mix?

 

[MJBadger]

I had thought about that before but figured decomposting vegetation in a soil with growing plants may not be the best thing . What I do once a year is run the garden tractor over a big bed of nettles & put all the chewed up stuff in the compost bin & mix well then left for a while . Gave some of my compost to a buddy & you could visibly see the difference in his plants compared to the ones with no nettle .It`s no problem to add tea .

 

[VortexPower420]

Nettles are great in a new soil mix you just have to let the soil sit so the can decompose. Also nettles are great for a top dress.

Timbuktu

 

[VonBudí]

thank you both, definitely will give top dressing a go.

 

[3rdEye]

just wondering but has anyone chopped nettles up and added them into a soil mix?

I have been using nettles for a little while. There is shade dried powered nettle meal that i top dress my plants with. I have not had any issues with it applied this way. The last transplant i did i mixed nettle, comfrey (bocking cultivar), and kelp meal into the bottom of the container. That mix seems to be working very well.

 

[gh0stm0de]

excellent thread guys. thanks for sharing your knowledge. this is really incredible information, and all so new to me. still love rdwc but I have just discovered and fallen in love with outdo' and want to go more organic..

thanks jaykush, darc mind, coot, mj badger et. all contributors.

Terramoto, thanks for that link, I have been scouring for such a resource since reading this thread.

I am going to start growing my own nettle, dandelion, comfrey, yarrow, chamomile and horsetail.

After researching on terramoto's link, indigo seems very appealing as well.

Have any of you guys done horsetail? I can't seem to find much if anything regarding people's experiences with it. It appeals to me because of its high silica content, and the fact that it looks usable from veg thru flo' as it seems mostly supplemental and not too strong NPK.


I have read that the bocking 14 comfrey does not possess all the same benefits/value as "true" comfrey... anyone have any 2 cents to throw on that?

again, thanks for sharing this wealth of knowledge.. from the bottom of my cold, dark heart..

 

[Justinsane]

If you grow in hempy buckets with perlite and coco, can you go all tru veg using only nettle tea with good results? Anyone tried it?

Justin

 

[VonBudí]

I am going to start....horsetail.

i love horsetail, would never grow outside without it, but never in a million years would i plant it, it takes over and destroys gardens and is a pain to get rid of.

what are yarrow and dandelion good for?

 

[3rdEye]

excellent thread guys. thanks for sharing your knowledge. this is really incredible information, and all so new to me. still love rdwc but I have just discovered and fallen in love with outdo' and want to go more organic..

thanks jaykush, darc mind, coot, mj badger et. all contributors.

Terramoto, thanks for that link, I have been scouring for such a resource since reading this thread.

I am going to start growing my own nettle, dandelion, comfrey, yarrow, chamomile and horsetail.

After researching on terramoto's link, indigo seems very appealing as well.

Have any of you guys done horsetail? I can't seem to find much if anything regarding people's experiences with it. It appeals to me because of its high silica content, and the fact that it looks usable from veg thru flo' as it seems mostly supplemental and not too strong NPK.


I have read that the bocking 14 comfrey does not possess all the same benefits/value as "true" comfrey... anyone have any 2 cents to throw on that?

again, thanks for sharing this wealth of knowledge.. from the bottom of my cold, dark heart..

i know that True Comfrey and the bocking cultivar are both used medicinally. I also know that TC seems to be preferred for ingested preparations and that the bocking cultivar is good for external uses and for plants. I don't have any TC to do any good comparisons, but maybe by the end of this season. The bocking cultivar is amazing for top dressing plants i'll say that. I get ridiculous amounts of roots underneath comfrey mulch when i lay it down.

I have some horsetail growing indoors alongside some other plants and it's doing well. I'd listen to cautions about planting outdoors. I heard it, along with comfrey, can be quite vigorous.

 

[analogcricket]

where is a good place to achieve nettle online?

 

[bad gas]

mountainroseherbs.com.

I just bought nettle and comfey seeds.

Thanks for the info, everyone. bg