How we Harvest & Store 1 year supply of Stinging Nettle
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2022
- How we Harvest & Store 1 year supply of Stinging Nettle. Its no secret that Stinging Nettle is one of the most nutritious plants on earth so in this video we show you how to harvest and store it so you have a supply to last all year long. oh and the best part its plentiful and free.
Greetings all, the plant in the video is actually laportea canadensis, aka wood nettle. At the time of shooting I had mistakenly concluded that it was one of the 4 sub species of Urtica D. So sorry for the confusion. I can confirm though the antihistamine effects of this plant are very real. a few sips of a tea made from this and i get immediate and noticeable relief from my allergic reactions to pollen.
not trying to be a nerd but those are wooded nettles and not stinging nettles.
An interesting home remedy if you get stung is to rub some toothpaste on the affected area, and the pain will go away in seconds. Reapply if the pain starts to come back. Something to do with the fluoride creates a chemical reaction with the nettle and neutralizes it.
The creek bottoms where I forage is loaded with this variety. I use a stick to gently ease them out of my way. But every once and a while they'll get me. I was happy to show my daughters that when you get stung just leave it alone and go to the creek and wash the area with creek water for instant relief. Our local gulfs are in great danger and I wanted to educate my children on how the place we love will probably be destroyed ( as we 've known it) in their lifetime. Japanese knotweed is taking over the sunny areas and the wolly adelfids are killing the hemlocks which hold the clifts in place. I'm new to nettles. I have a sun loving variety in my barn yard which I sampled for greens and made a dual extract. The greens were delicious and I'm adding the tincture to my reishi, pimmento, chaga, hair restoring tonic. My nettles died off immediatly after I harvested from some unknown cause. Dissapointed by that as I was going to reharvest and use roots and stem later for the fiber.
Only lasts for 10 minutes?!!? My leg was on fire for over 8 hours!
I grow SN too and the tea taste like drinking grass/weeds, it helps to add some mint or lemon !
One way to identify the non-stinging nettle is by looking at the main stem. If it's square, it's actually not in the same family as stinging nettle but part of the mint family. If you see what looks like a stinging nettle with white, purple or yellow flowers, they are White Dead Nettle, Purple Dead Nettle and Yellow Archangel. All part of the mint family and all edible.
Someone get this guy some new gloves! 😂
I make an infusion every day in a 3 cup pot and drink the entire pot throughout the day. Also have found that crushing the stems up against my painful knees provides 24 hours of relief from the arthritic pain. My favorite herb; I have stopped taking commerical multi vitamins infavor of nettle tea...feel a whole lot better; thanks for the video!
That is wood nettle not stinging nettle, stinging nettle has opposing leaves while wood nettle has alternate
Its important to add that only the top part where the new leaves form should be picked. The plant will then put out 2 new shoots, so over time you encourage it to grow more. But more importantly, the lower leaves begin to develope crystals that are irritants to the kidneys. This happens all over the plant as it goes into flowering. So only pick at the beginning of the season. Once the plant has developed seeds, these can be harvested and are an excellent tonic.
👏👏👏 Really enjoying your videos. Mushroom Identification has come fairly easily to me but the plants I have always had a hard time with.
You are a brave person walking among the nettles! When I get stung by a nettle it lasts a couple days, feels like a nerve tingle, don't care for it. I plan to go harvest some today and put in my chicken soup.
Thank you!
Very interesting! Gonna try it. 🙂👍
New subscriber thank you for your informativi video ❤❤❤
I've been trying to find out how to harvest stinging nettle, store and use it for quite a while. My SN doesn't look like yours. It's rougher and the serrations of the leaves are larger and sharper, the plants are shorter, and already starting to bloom. I'm going to use my field guide to be sure it's the right plant. Thanks for a very useful video.🌱🌿🤔
I neeeeeed to try that tea mate
I have a ton of Urtica dioica around my property. They do sting and you'll feel it hours afterwards. The leaves of Urtica Dioica are opposite each other with square stems
I usually wear long sleeves and pants. Cutting just the tops means there will be more for next year.