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**JohnImamadviser** · 04-09-2011, 03:09 PM

Can you show a picture of the nettle you are talking about? Down here, we have the Bull Nettle. You brush up against your leg or arm and you will feel on fire for hours. I can't see how you can drink this as a tea. Cattle and horses give this stuff a wide berth it stings so bad.

Paul

Paul you can see a picture of the nettle plant here http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgu...1t:429,r:3,s:0

The nettle in the picture has flowered. I pick them now when they are tender and before they flower. The plants are about 6 inches high now. I cut them off near the ground and then use just the leaves. The good thing about nettles is that they just keep on growing, so if you're lucky you can keep harvesting until late summer. The dried leaves shrink to nothing and you need a handful when making a tisane. It's best not to let them grow too high because then all they are good for is to be used as a herbicide or cut into tiny pieces in the shredding machine and spread over the garden.

Nettles don't sting when they have been dried and then boiled.

Effie

04-09-2011, 03:09 PM	#16
JohnImamadviser Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 551 Senior Member	Can you show a picture of the nettle you are talking about? Down here, we have the Bull Nettle. You brush up against your leg or arm and you will feel on fire for hours. I can't see how you can drink this as a tea. Cattle and horses give this stuff a wide berth it stings so bad. Paul Paul you can see a picture of the nettle plant here http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgu...1t:429,r:3,s:0 The nettle in the picture has flowered. I pick them now when they are tender and before they flower. The plants are about 6 inches high now. I cut them off near the ground and then use just the leaves. The good thing about nettles is that they just keep on growing, so if you're lucky you can keep harvesting until late summer. The dried leaves shrink to nothing and you need a handful when making a tisane. It's best not to let them grow too high because then all they are good for is to be used as a herbicide or cut into tiny pieces in the shredding machine and spread over the garden. Nettles don't sting when they have been dried and then boiled. Effie
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