Not Happy Nettles

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Realbark

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Jan 18, 2011
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I have got two "saved" patches of nettles in my garden which i was going to try both nettle beer and tea from this week. Last night i said to the missus that i would be cuttting them shortly to which she replied "oh ive just sprayed them earlier with weedkiller as im going to do a bit of gardening tommorow"! *** springs to mind.....

There are loads locally so ill go out and get some but im not to happy.
 

John Fenna

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Oct 7, 2006
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Women eh?!
The answer is "go organic" - I did this and the wife is too blummin lazy to rip up all the nettles by hand, resulting in unpoisoned and big crop of nettles from the garden :)
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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Oi! :eek: Women nothing.....men are a pain in the neck if let loose with a pair of pruners :rolleyes: and those wee blue pellets :sigh: to say nothing of a squirty bottle of spray on weedkiller :mad:

Sorry about your crop, mine's looking quite healthy :) I only get them left in peace if I do the gardening; just as well I'm happy being muddy.

You could try potting up a root in a growbag and making sure the missus knows that it's not to be killed ?

cheers,
Toddy
 
Feb 15, 2011
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I have got two "saved" patches of nettles in my garden which i was going to try both nettle beer and tea from this week. Last night i said to the missus that i would be cuttting them shortly to which she replied "oh ive just sprayed them earlier with weedkiller as im going to do a bit of gardening tommorow"! *** springs to mind.....

There are loads locally so ill go out and get some but im not to happy.

Nettles are also a nursery plant for a few species of butterfly, if you're really peeved, accuse her of being " ecologically unfriendly"...then your'll see some real action.............you may need the head protection you have on your avatar!
 

Mojoracinguk

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Apr 14, 2010
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Hereford
Realbark,
Well at least you found out about the weed killer.....she could have kept quiet and let you brew up ......
I guess now all you have to worry about is a golf club round the head a la JonathonD's ladys plans (I always get nervous when my lady starts beating anything to death.....she reckons i'm a plant some times too)

Mojo
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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S. Lanarkshire
You lot had me confused for a bit....our wee blue pellets are slug killers, we've never needed the ones you mention to achieve a satisfactory result :p

cheers,
M
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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S. Lanarkshire
I discovered a problem with the beer traps.....the squirrel's love them :rolleyes:
Damned things are nuts anyway, (see what I did there ? punny :) ) but half sloshed nuts is just madness.

M
 

JonathanD

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Sep 3, 2004
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You lot had me confused for a bit....our wee blue pellets are slug killers, we've never needed the ones you mention to achieve a satisfactory result :p

cheers,
M

Give one of those to a slug and it would never bend it's eye stalks again.
 

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