NETTLE

Species: Nettle
Latin name: Urtica Dioica L.
Other usual name: Ortie des Jardin - Ortie Piquante - Grande Ortie - Ortie Rouge - Ortie Commune - Ortie Vivace - en. Nettle - Stinging Nettle - Garden Nettle - de. Brennessel
Variety: Big Nettle
Family: Urticaceae
Origin: Europe, Asia

The Big Nettle: Perennial plant, in our kitchens the young shoots are used  for salads, in soups, in gratines and for quiches, it also got medicinal proreties to ttreat aches and pains, gangrenes and scabies, gout, arthritis and eczemas, it's an anti-histamine and recently discovert for the treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy. The nettle leaves are of dark green color, edges are finely toothed and the entire plant is covered with tiny stingin hairs. The stems and leave are very rich in iron and vitamin has progressively, and C. Made the gathering of your needs. It has other virtues against all the dermatoses, eczema, the acne and the psoriasis, it also activates digestive secretions - stomach, time, intestines and eliminates or relieves rheumatisms and sciatica. Against tiredness and anemia, a regular catch gives again strength and tonicity.

Seed sowing: Spring
Harvest of Nettle: Any season
Height: The nettle reaches on average 60 to 150 cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Direct seed in spring, or late winter in cold frame in nitrogen rich soil, cover the seeds with 1 cm of light soil, place under part shade and keep moist.

Sowing distance: 15 cm
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 18 °C
Seed germination: 15 days
Nutritional value: Kcal for 100 gr.

Net weight of seeds: 0.5 gr. + / - 750 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.