Use nettles in potato trenches

Neezy13 · « **on:** April 15, 2011, 08:39 »

Ive read about using comfrey to line potato trenches, would stinging nettles have a similar affect?

arugula · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2011, 08:44 »

Sounds interesting, but I would say that the potatoes are already in the ground and the nettles are only just starting to come up, here anyway....

Neezy13 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2011, 08:48 »

I wish mine were, ive only just got my allotment yesterday

I can get my hands on lots of nettles but no comfrey as of yet.

arugula · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2011, 08:54 »

Well done you and good luck with the lottie.

See what others say about the nettles, you do make nettle tea after all.....

Neezy13 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2011, 08:57 »

Thanks.

Yeah thats what i thought, just want to make sure nobody else has tried and had a bad result from it.

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