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- Forever forever: fight the stinging nettles
- Persistently using their roots
- Quickly take action
- Recognize stinging nettles correctly
- To remove it, put it on hand: pull out the weeds and roots
- Remove by sinking / mending or foil cover
- Chemical weed killers are an emergency solution
- Stinging nettle - a good home remedy for other weeds
- Tips
Stinging nettles have to be removed along with their roots so they will not come back
Forever forever: fight the stinging nettles
Not everyone appreciates the stinging nettle as a medicinal herb and natural fertilizer. If it spreads in the garden, displaces weaker plants and provides burning wheals on the skin, it is close to fighting ...
Previous article Organic pesticide from the kitchen: stinging nettle against aphidsPersistently using their roots
If the stinging nettle has found favor with its location, it shows itself persistent. It spreads through its subterranean roots. The root system is highly branched and over time a whole sea of stinging nettles develops on the surface.
Quickly take action
Do not let the stinging nettles proliferate before you take action to combat it! The faster you are and the sooner you start, the better. Ideally, you should destroy the plants before the flowering period starts in July.Otherwise, in addition to their roots, they multiply via self-seeding.
Recognize stinging nettles correctly
Not infrequently nettles are confused with deadnettle and vice versa. The different types of nettles also have different characteristics. The dead nettles have no burning hairs and form violet flowers.
The stinging nettle differs from the stinging nettle in terms of its leaves and stature height. It grows up to 3 m high and has leaves with pointed saw teeth. The stinging nettle protrudes a maximum of 60 cm high and has rounded saw teeth.
To remove it, put it on hand: pull out the weeds and roots
The most effective and environmentally friendly is the mechanical control:
After removing the plants, it is advisable to cover the affected areas with a thick mulch layer. This can be used, for example, grass clippings or bark mulch. It is often necessary to fight the stinging nettles several times (up to two years) until they are removed permanently.
Remove by sinking / mending or foil cover
Furthermore, you can get rid of the stinging nettles with or through:
Chemical weed killers are an emergency solution
Do you belong to the division that believes we can eliminate weeds permanently only works with chemistry? Even the best weed killers can not 100% ensure that the stinging nettles disappear forever. Chemical agents are more likely to be considered as a stopgap solution because they can pollute the groundwater and damage surrounding plants.
Stinging nettle - a good home remedy for other weeds
You can add the spent nettles to a manure. This can kill vermin such as aphids. Biologically, this manure is also used as fertilizer. It also destroys other disturbing weeds.
Tips
If you care about the environment, leave a few stinging nettles. Butterflies like to lay their eggs there and the caterpillars serve the leaves as food.