I've tried too to grow nettle from seed long ago, but didn't use the best medium or info which i now have. ...seeding times, etc. I do remember some wisdom about usually finding a patch of nettles around old (undisturbed soil) rusting farm machinery....because of the iron presence imparted to the soil. The few plants which i did propogate i then transplanted into a 3/4 sunny spot, near a tree row, after i had sprinkled a cup of steel filings a few weeks beforehand to "condition" the soil. They thrived, but never got as high as the original large patch from where i took the seed.
....manfred ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:22 PM Subject: Re: source of nettle seeds > > I am interested to know how well the seeded nettles grow. > a bd grower in Germany told me that he tried to grow nettles from seed for > nettle tea production and increase the a amount of nettles available for > his own use. He tried several times, but failed, while in some areas of > his property they grew very well. He said to me that he believed, nettles > grow best naturally and are very difficult to produce 'artificially'. > > Christiane >
