Partial Sun
Medium
Likes rich humid soils with lots of nitrogen, volunteers always near compost piles when there is water.
Direct sow seed outdoors in the fall.
It is always good to use long sleeves and good gloves to pick up Nettle.
For eating, pick up the shoots where the leaves are still tender and try to skip flowering tops and big leaves.
You can get floral tops before the flowers open for medicinal purposes.
Plant self seeds profusely. Leave some flower tops to grow and when they dry out cut them and hang them upside down in a paper bag, shaking them once a while.
These estimates for how long Stinging nettle takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average 26 days | Min 26 days | Max 26 days (1)
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These plants have stinging hairs which come off when touched turning into needles that stay lodged in the skin and release a toxin which creates a burning/stinging sensation, hence the name “stinging” nettle.1
Widely used in herbal medicine1 and has been dated back to being used in Ancient Greece.
Nettles are the exclusive larvae food plant for several species of butterflies, such as the peacock butterfly or the small tortoise shell.2
Bull nettle, Common nettle. burn nettle, Burn weed, Burn hazel
Urtica galeopsifolia
2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica