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Nettle
3,78 $
Perennial medicinal and edible plant used for multiple purposes. Excellent source of iron for women as herbal tea. Also used as fertilizer in green manure. Beware, it stings! Drying or cooking the leaves eliminates the sting.
Package: 150-200 seeds
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BOTANICAL INFORMATIONS:
Latin name : Urtica dioica
Common names : Nettle, Common Nettle, Stinging Nettle, Tall Nettle, Slender Nettle, Greater Nettle.
French : Ortie dioïque, grande ortie, ortie piquante.
Family : Urticaceae
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATIONS:
Plant type : Perennial, zone 3
Habit : Shrubby
Height : 60 to 100 cm
Width : 60 cm
CROP SPECIFIC INFORMATIONS:
Days to maturity : 2 years
Sowing : Indoors at the start of April. Nettle seeds do not all germinate simultaneously.
Depth : Surface, barely sprinkled with soil
Germination : 15 to 20 days
Soil : Does well in most soils, but prefers well-drained, nitrogen-rich ones
Exposure : Part-shade to sunny
Planting : In the garden after the last frost.
Plant spacing : 50 cm
Watering : During dry periods
Care and other considerations : BEWARE, invasive species
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