Never mind the baking soda, you can just rub in a Dock leaf into the area - removes pain and reduces swelling. Dock leaves can almost always be found around stinging nettles
@EatTheWeeds Where?? i am a 100% native Hong hongner and i can't find it anywhere-in fact i know every single hiking trail in HK but i can;t find any!
Hey Mr, GreeneDean!! Do you know if/anything about Coleus (Painted Nettle) is ok for eating?? Currently trying to sprout some. I have read ambiguous and conflicting reports.
@chickenbonewatt The conflict is probably that some members of the family and realted species are edible, and others are not. Solenostenmon ocymoides has edible parts, as does the solenostemon rotundifolius and Coleus dystenterieus. Some are not toxic but just plain taste bad.
Thanks Dean, we use to get in the nettle all the time when we were kids ,luckly you can always find a dock leaf near by in England. Makes a nice soup too.Hoping to come down to one of your walks this year.
I heard they are good for promoting blood circulation/preventing hair loss, just rub those stings on your scalp. I think they are also astringent so they could help to clot blood when your wounded.
Are those nasty thistles growing next to the nettles good for anything? I live in Fl. too and i have tons of those things in my garden every year, but I haven't noticed any stinging nettle.
@purity4all A lot of things are callled "thistles." Without a more specific plant I could not comment on edibility. Do you mean sow thistles, milk thistles, bull thistles, et cetera?
@EatTheWeeds Okay thanks! So what I came up with is that you can eat various parts of the plant after removing the spines, but they don't have much flavor. There are a couple of medicinal uses, such as a poultice for jaw pain and the steam used for rheumatism. Animals love the flowers, but can't eat the rest of the plant and grazing animals help with controlling population because the flower is what reseeds. I found nothing on nutritional value. Do you know if it has any?
@purity4all The roots are quite nutrtious. I have an article about them on my website. Tere is always more information about plants in my videos on my website.
How do you know when these plants have become fully grown and , if you just harvest the leaves and stems , do they grow back, or do you just harvest the whole plant and then sow new seed?
@germanicelt That is why we study plants, to recognize them at different stages of growth. Generally said no, they don't grow back. You harvest young and tender. They usually sow themselves.
Thanks again Deane. We in Ohio have the tall stinging nettles that are all along The Mad river and other rivers around here. I am constantly getting 'HIT' by these 'bad boy's'. They do NOT PLAY around and will teach you quick what to avoid. WOW! I suspect that Baking Soda will work to nullify their terror. Thanks for that tip. I heard that 'Dock' also works. This is something that every outdoorsman should know. Thanks for all you do. Love the time you spend with your fellow man. Me included lol
Deane, do you know if clearweed (pilea pumila) is edible? I see they are in the nettle family and also grow in florida. They are very common here in the midwest and often grow side by side with urtica gracilis although i have never observed urtica dioica in iowa and would definitely consider them different species even though urtica gracilis is considered a subspecies of urtica dioica they look nothing alike.
@osho1102 Dr. Francois Couplan in his book Encyclopeida of Edible Plants in North America says on page 68: " P. pumila has been reported to be edible..." I do not have any personal experience with the plant.
Howdy My name is Doug. I really enjoyed your video about Stining Nettle. I think I have some in my garden. I touched it last week and it stung me bad. Do you know where I can get some seeds for it. I am just getting into eating and drinking weeds now and I find I have some right in my gardens. What are the benefits of eating this one. Let me know and thanks Doug in Calif...
i live in iowa and this plant is very close to my heart, great in tea, stew, as greens, and you can make cordage and fine thread out of it.
also they only sting if you SLIDE against them, you can pick them up with a firm grip and you wont get stung unless your fingers slide against the plant.
@ptboy4 It also depends on what species of nettle you have. Our local nettle in among the worse on the planet for stinging. The sting is severe, like a hornet sting, and lasts for days.
I have seen on you tube tea made with Urtica stinging nettle; in Florida we have a common stinging nettle the cnidoscolus stimulosus; Now I know the root is eatable, but can the cnidoscolus stimulosus leaves be used in tea etc. like the Urtica stinging nettle?
@steven24158 The two species have nothing to do with each other except the common name "nettle." Cnidoscolus stimulosus has cyanide in its leaves. Do NOT use it for tea.
I had the luck of going to school up in the hills away from the city smog, but in the spring our dear hills were COVERED in stinging in nettles. There was always one kid who would try to brave the vibrant green carpet of nettles while wearing shorts and stagger back wailing. And these were California nettles, the weaklings of the bunch!
Hey GreenDeane, I was making some nettle tea the other day and I stumbled upon two plants which looked very similar to the stinging nettle. The one plant looked exactly like it except the leaves were much wider instead of the typical blade-like leaf. The other plant looked less similar as the leaves were grouped in threes and had thorns on it in addition to the stinging hairs. Just wondered if you might know what the were. Thanks a lot, have a great day!
your from florida?!?!?!?! do you have a class? or a school? are you taking an understudy? i live in florida and i am very interested in homeopathy as well as naturalistic living. :)
@bluesdog88 There are people who put Urticas into smoothies all the time. The quality of the sting varies and the "dead nettle" is actually a different species. Just don't confuse a Cnidoscolus with an Urtica. They look very different but some folks have confused them. The latter has hand shaped leaves.
I just found my first patch of nettles here in c.FL, because of you Green Deane!
Well OK, maybe more because I walked off the trail and right through the patch with just flip-flops on!
But I did know what they were, after wards, because of you.
Either way, definitely the worst pain Ive felt in some years! Thankfully the worst stabbing pains subside in just a minute or so, than just left me with a prickly numbness for a few minutes.
I did bring a few plants home, with just a few more stings.
appreciate your time in doing all this. enjoy your and learning from your vids. my question is,,is it true that you can eat the roots. i heard that by eating the root that it is good agent in fighting prostate cancer.
ok, in Canada we have what is i believe stinging nettle but its leaves are more jagged like a triangle but many more triangles on each side is it edible?
Yep, you're right. Urtica Ferox is by far the worst of the nettle. It's got an extra toxin that other nettle don't have to give it that extra kick. As well as that the stingers are ridiculously large.
Young shoots and leaves are good to eat. When the stem is upto 15cm it is OK. Apparently when they bigger they cause kidney problems. So only young plants!
We have lance-shaped stinging nettles here in Indiana. Even though it is currently fall and the plant would be (I believe) too tough to eat, would it still be good for tea at this time of year? Also, when would be the best time to collect the seeds in order to replant in the spring?
@Fastflyingpigs You can make nettle tea almost any times. As for the seeds, wait until the plant gives them up easily, re fall in your hand but before snow!) .
I live in the UK, nettles are extremely common here, I am stung reasonably often. But even a bad sting is only really irritating for a few minutes, and very mildly so for just a few hours. In most cases just a couple of minutes after being stung I have forgotten all about it. Your nettles are like little yappy dogs that nip at the legs, mine are like big bounding dogs that lick you to death.
Is the the hart-leaf Nettle more indigenous to the East, particularly Florida? I hear that chickens love nettles. Can chickens eat them without doing all the preparations?
@ForcedAgenda The Heart Leaf Nettle is certainly the dominant urtica in Florida. Birds, including chickens, can eat many things that bother us but not them. One reason why you cannot eat all the things that brids eat.
I think your nettles look quite cute! Over here in the UK, they often grow to over four feet high, and grow over large areas. Not much fun to walk through, but a lot easier to make cordage from.
Swordfern spore, it doesn't seem to work as well as a mud or baking soda poultice for stings. I'll run a handful of nettle (leaves, stems, root) through the juicer with carrot, apple, lemon and__ parsley when i don't have stinging nettle. I've heard that when nettle is juiced it can temporarily paralyze the vocal chords but i've never experienced this with fresh nettle.
Urtica Dioica root is quite amazing for relieving BPH symptoms
I live in WA and learned early that for most plants bad effect there's a plant cure. As for being stung by nettles I look for a fern that has the tiny brown pollen under the leaf, and rub it on the sting.
You can use grass on nettle stings.. you just have to roll and squish it so the liquid comes out. There are other better alternatives but grass is everywhere and those alternatives sometimes arent
Edible nettles are edible nettles. England has some famous edible nettles. If you do a google search for ray mears and nettles you should get something relevant to area. I have some DVDs with him using nettles.
"Nettle is said to be extremely beneficial for the kidneys, being useful in expelling gravel from the bladder and dissolving kidney stones. It is a powerful blood purifier that drives out toxins and metabolic wastes by stimulating the kidneys to excrete more water. Nettle tea is said to clean out the entire intestinal tract while activating the body's natural defense mechanisms."
Source: TeaBenefits (.) com
I've been told that the flowers of the nettle is even more healthy to eat. Not sure.....
What about the Russian Nettles? Have tons of them in my yard and want to start putting them into my green smoothies. How about a vid on them Dean?????
If you mean Salsola kali I recently found some at the beach. I think there will be a video on them, as I stretch the season and try to get to 100. The young growing tips are edible and shoots.
I think raw food advocate David Wolfe also says that too... I don't know about his nettles but my local ones hurt like a bad bee sting and continue to hurt for days if not treated. It is one weed I eat for revenge.....
I make stinging nettle pie... like spinach pie just substitute the nettles. Delicious and nutritious. Nettles grow in my woods where it can be fairly dry. The sting usually only bothers me for about 30 minutes but I have a dark complexion with oily skin. You can freeze or dry nettles for use over the year.
Oh yes, you have nettles in Louisiana. Don't confuse them with the two versions of Cnidoscolus you have. Make sure you have an Urtica not a Cnidoscolus.
It may be good, but it ain't fun. I tend to not be allergic to things and the local nettle sting is quite painful for about three days. Hot water was particularly irritating. If I were to use nettles for the sting I would pick a body place one doesn't use much or sleep on. Stings on your hands are a constant source of irritation. If I remember correctly it is formic acid and a few other things in the needles.
Also, just wanted to say hi and thanks to you and let everyone know our little remedy us pacific northwesters use to aid the nettle bites, and its very simple, just rub a little dirt or mud and it mostly go's away within seconds. Works great here! Just thought I would check into nettle tea as we could all use an immunity booster with the recent outbreaks, maybe I am onto something? We also have devil's clubs and man do those bite hard! I will def try the pee method next time get stung by one!
Hey there! I am enjoying starting to watch your videos and plan to check them all out. Just wondering your location? Florida? I am in Skagit Valley, WA where it rains 90% of the year and the nettles grow by the acre and have seen them over 9 feet tall. Just wondering how many variations of the Nettle exist where you are. It seems the smaller they are the stingier they are haha.
There are three to four dozen species, depending on who is doing the counting. As for size, small does seem to be worse except in India where they have huge ones that are said to be quite debilitating.
I don't really know how much rain we get really but I wear flip flops during the summer and seem to always get into this stuff. I always get it across the top of my toes. Ow! Ow! Ow!
Well I have been told to pee on my foot..........but I have just dealt with the sting. I told my family around here that you can eat this stuff and they were amazed!
They are awful, awful, awful! My son has fallen in it before. I can't believe you can eat this stuff! I am curious to what it taste like now. I hate this stuff though! I have it all over.
I am really hoping to find nettles on our property this year. Strangely enough I've never touched a plant that felt like stinging. The specimens in your video sort of remind me of how Lemon Balm grows. What is the possibility I will find nettles in maritime Quebec? We have Jewelweed near the forest edge, along with buttercups, choke cherries and red raspberries. Where would I find nettles? Near a dry area or a bog area? In an open sunny area or in more shady parts?
The juice from the nettle does actually help a sting a lot, it kinda dulls the sting but doesn't completely get rid of it, you have to get the juice from the stalk, and by the way I love your videos! there great! I'm defiantly going to pass these onto friends!
i have been watching your videos, i love making herbal teas, do you know any wild herbs native to southern California that are good?...i love nettle tea!
There are quite a few, several come to mind, Satureja douglasii, the Manzanita Bush, roses, rosemary, dandelion blossom tea. You might want to look up "feral Kevin" he has a web site and is based in California.
this is a wonderful video. I'm glad to have found you. I love nettles. I harvest hundreds of them yearly. I pull them up by the bottom of the stem, drop them in a pile, then hang them upside down in my kitchen.
After they are dry, sometimes I get stung, but rarely. I fill glass jars with them. Then throughout the year I put handfuls in soups and stirfrys.
Do they really have 1000X as much vitamins as spinach?
Great! If I remember correctly a misplaced decimal point in a 1930's publication got spinach the reputation of being nutritious. Nettles are far more nutritious than spinach.
Deane, I have 2 questions, first, you've made me curious and I'd like to know how one may handle nettles to harvest them barehanded as you hinted earlier in the video (was that the crushing method?). Second, I'd like to know if there are any animals that will eat this plant even though with its sting it fights back.
Goats eat nettles as is. Other grazers will eat them after they wilt. As for handling it. Start at the very bottom just under the grass line, break the stem then roughly push up the stem breaking the needles. The needles are perpendicular to the stem. If you push up the stem you can break the needles at the base before they sting you.
Juicing should get rid of the stingers... should. Some folks say if you get stung in the mouth while eating a nettle the discomfort goes away in about 30 seconds... that may be true, but I don't want to find out IF it is true.
Yes they can be frozen. If frozen without cooking the needles can still sting you. If you blanch them first, which also improve their condition for freezing, the needles won't bother you.
I've been stung by both urtica sp. and cnidoscolus stimulosus. Definitely the urtica (or what most of North America knows as stinging nettle) is worse. It looks so benign, mintlike. At least the cnidoscolus looks a bit unfriendly.
The sting is uric acid. My grandpa takes stinging nettles and hits them against his back to encourage circulation.. LOL, he is one tough cookie. I think our stinging nettles in Colorado are less intense than the one's you've touched, I never had them hurt me for more than a day..
Many plants have formic acid, like the fire ants do. The C. stimulosus has that. What I wonder is if they would have some application in Fibromyalgia as bee stings sometimes help.
Is it the acid in the plant that is medicinal? I've touched nettles or plants similar and it seemed that parts of my body that did not come into contact with the plant were stung too as if the needles sprung from the plant. Is this possible?
They really don't know what all of the chemical are but acid is among them and they do seem to resemble a bee sting, so there may be some medicinal uses. While some plants have the mechanical means to do that I don't think the nettle does. However, it could be a systemic reaction or allergy.
It does look like a mint, and I probably would have done exactly what you said and reached down and picked a leaf without thinking anything bad could happen.
Now if I see a plant that might be a mint that resembles this one, I will take my time and study it from a distance first and probably avoid contact.
That's exactly what happened to me. I grew up where nettles had long leaves and were quite tall. I wasn't suspecting anything when I reached for this plant.
Someone young might cry, yes. Some nettles are mild, some in other countries are very strong. This one feels like a bee sting that doesn't go away for a long time.
Never mind the baking soda, you can just rub in a Dock leaf into the area - removes pain and reduces swelling. Dock leaves can almost always be found around stinging nettles
iandstanley 1 month ago
@iandstanley Dock may work but it was not around when I got bit.
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
Are their Stinging Nettles in Hong Kong,China???
chunfu2 1 month ago
@chunfu2 Absolutely yes
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
@EatTheWeeds Where?? i am a 100% native Hong hongner and i can't find it anywhere-in fact i know every single hiking trail in HK but i can;t find any!
chunfu2 1 month ago
@chunfu2 Wrong season, too could. Wait for spring.
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
@EatTheWeeds to summer ....you know-year round hiker!
chunfu2 1 month ago
Great Video! Wish I could find them here in SoCal.
mikezandsarahc 1 month ago
@mikezandsarahc Google FeralKevin
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
ray mears rocks
waddellski 1 month ago
I read somewhere that one shouldn't eat nettle after it has flowered. Have you heard anything about this?
EndlessChris 1 month ago
Oh, you're in Florida, have you ever come across a coperhead or cottonmouth when foraging?
snipesnrifles 1 month ago
@snipesnrifles Never... on the trail I have run into only one rattlesnake in some 30 plus years.
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
Hey Mr, GreeneDean!! Do you know if/anything about Coleus (Painted Nettle) is ok for eating?? Currently trying to sprout some. I have read ambiguous and conflicting reports.
chickenbonewatt 1 month ago
@chickenbonewatt The conflict is probably that some members of the family and realted species are edible, and others are not. Solenostenmon ocymoides has edible parts, as does the solenostemon rotundifolius and Coleus dystenterieus. Some are not toxic but just plain taste bad.
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
@EatTheWeeds Thank you for the response, sir!! I will have to figure out what I have. Absolutely love the videos, website and newsletter!!
chickenbonewatt 1 month ago
Thanks Dean, we use to get in the nettle all the time when we were kids ,luckly you can always find a dock leaf near by in England. Makes a nice soup too.Hoping to come down to one of your walks this year.
TheMimeChef 1 month ago
I heard they are good for promoting blood circulation/preventing hair loss, just rub those stings on your scalp. I think they are also astringent so they could help to clot blood when your wounded.
12321johndoe 1 month ago
surprised you mentioned Ray Mears. That guys awesome.
sethzky77 1 month ago
Are those nasty thistles growing next to the nettles good for anything? I live in Fl. too and i have tons of those things in my garden every year, but I haven't noticed any stinging nettle.
purity4all 1 month ago
@purity4all A lot of things are callled "thistles." Without a more specific plant I could not comment on edibility. Do you mean sow thistles, milk thistles, bull thistles, et cetera?
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
@EatTheWeeds the ones you're talking about at 1:45.
purity4all 1 month ago
@purity4all Those are bull thistles, or Cirsium horridulum
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
@EatTheWeeds Okay thanks! So what I came up with is that you can eat various parts of the plant after removing the spines, but they don't have much flavor. There are a couple of medicinal uses, such as a poultice for jaw pain and the steam used for rheumatism. Animals love the flowers, but can't eat the rest of the plant and grazing animals help with controlling population because the flower is what reseeds. I found nothing on nutritional value. Do you know if it has any?
purity4all 1 month ago
@purity4all The roots are quite nutrtious. I have an article about them on my website. Tere is always more information about plants in my videos on my website.
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
@EatTheWeeds Thanks, I just subbed. I'd love to have a schedule of your classes. Where can I get one?
purity4all 1 month ago
@purity4all Please go to my website and click on Classes
EatTheWeeds 1 month ago
Great, all your vids are god :)
TommyStokke 1 month ago
Omg I touched one of these when I was a kid it was awful. I touched it cuz it looked soft and fuzzy, I learned from that.
radioactiveroach 2 months ago
How do you know when these plants have become fully grown and , if you just harvest the leaves and stems , do they grow back, or do you just harvest the whole plant and then sow new seed?
germanicelt 4 months ago
@germanicelt That is why we study plants, to recognize them at different stages of growth. Generally said no, they don't grow back. You harvest young and tender. They usually sow themselves.
EatTheWeeds 4 months ago
@EatTheWeeds So , being in the same family as Hemp, they are also an annual plant.
germanicelt 4 months ago
Great video! Thanks Dean!
jgfergus 5 months ago
Thanks again Deane. We in Ohio have the tall stinging nettles that are all along The Mad river and other rivers around here. I am constantly getting 'HIT' by these 'bad boy's'. They do NOT PLAY around and will teach you quick what to avoid. WOW! I suspect that Baking Soda will work to nullify their terror. Thanks for that tip. I heard that 'Dock' also works. This is something that every outdoorsman should know. Thanks for all you do. Love the time you spend with your fellow man. Me included lol
FacetsOfTruth 6 months ago
I wish the video sound was a little louder :(
yasmeenkhans177 6 months ago
Deane, do you know if clearweed (pilea pumila) is edible? I see they are in the nettle family and also grow in florida. They are very common here in the midwest and often grow side by side with urtica gracilis although i have never observed urtica dioica in iowa and would definitely consider them different species even though urtica gracilis is considered a subspecies of urtica dioica they look nothing alike.
osho1102 6 months ago
@osho1102 Dr. Francois Couplan in his book Encyclopeida of Edible Plants in North America says on page 68: " P. pumila has been reported to be edible..." I do not have any personal experience with the plant.
EatTheWeeds 6 months ago
weird the ones here in SW Washington just make you itch for a while
ratthechicken 6 months ago
Howdy My name is Doug. I really enjoyed your video about Stining Nettle. I think I have some in my garden. I touched it last week and it stung me bad. Do you know where I can get some seeds for it. I am just getting into eating and drinking weeds now and I find I have some right in my gardens. What are the benefits of eating this one. Let me know and thanks Doug in Calif...
n6qqm 7 months ago
To help with nettle stings when your out in the woods just chew up some plantain and goop it on the sting, takes it away in a few mins.
musicoutsidethebox 7 months ago
@musicoutsidethebox Plantago major is not common locally.
EatTheWeeds 7 months ago
@EatTheWeeds good ol iowa =D
musicoutsidethebox 7 months ago
i live in iowa and this plant is very close to my heart, great in tea, stew, as greens, and you can make cordage and fine thread out of it.
also they only sting if you SLIDE against them, you can pick them up with a firm grip and you wont get stung unless your fingers slide against the plant.
musicoutsidethebox 7 months ago
You can pick them up without gloves, I do it.
They don't sting in the palm of your hands because the skin is harder. :-)
Just be careful with the rest of your skin.
ptboy4 7 months ago
@ptboy4 It also depends on what species of nettle you have. Our local nettle in among the worse on the planet for stinging. The sting is severe, like a hornet sting, and lasts for days.
EatTheWeeds 7 months ago
@EatTheWeeds those are some mean nettle.
ptboy4 7 months ago
@EatTheWeeds Yeah up here in Western Canada theyre not bad, Ive picked them with bare hands many times.
spiderpig85 7 months ago
I have seen on you tube tea made with Urtica stinging nettle; in Florida we have a common stinging nettle the cnidoscolus stimulosus; Now I know the root is eatable, but can the cnidoscolus stimulosus leaves be used in tea etc. like the Urtica stinging nettle?
steven24158 8 months ago
@steven24158 The two species have nothing to do with each other except the common name "nettle." Cnidoscolus stimulosus has cyanide in its leaves. Do NOT use it for tea.
EatTheWeeds 8 months ago
@EatTheWeeds do you have a field handbook for Florida you recommend?
steven24158 8 months ago
I heard that you can just strirfry it like spinach. Does nybody have experience with this??
Illchangeitlater 9 months ago
thank you so much, very helpful, going in details, thanks.
Helenelalala 9 months ago
That's the son of a gunest thing, being able to eat something that will sting the heck out of you! Lol "Come and get it, if you dare!" x D
Lavenderrose73 9 months ago
I had the luck of going to school up in the hills away from the city smog, but in the spring our dear hills were COVERED in stinging in nettles. There was always one kid who would try to brave the vibrant green carpet of nettles while wearing shorts and stagger back wailing. And these were California nettles, the weaklings of the bunch!
kelath5555 9 months ago
Good point! I should get a hat to cover it up.
Dufus02 9 months ago
Burdock leaves crushed will relieve the stinging.
Dufus02 9 months ago
@Dufus02 If you live where there is burdock.
EatTheWeeds 9 months ago
@EatTheWeeds here the burdock grows next to the nettle or at least in the same soils nearby.
thanks
Dufus02 5 months ago
Hey GreenDeane, I was making some nettle tea the other day and I stumbled upon two plants which looked very similar to the stinging nettle. The one plant looked exactly like it except the leaves were much wider instead of the typical blade-like leaf. The other plant looked less similar as the leaves were grouped in threes and had thorns on it in addition to the stinging hairs. Just wondered if you might know what the were. Thanks a lot, have a great day!
Lester284L 10 months ago
@Lester284L Leaves of three with spines on the stem and under the leaf is a blackberry. The other might be a "false" bog nettle, not an edible.
EatTheWeeds 9 months ago
@ash19932 ower humble friend Im nz live in waikato
thomars9 10 months ago
are the stalks edible too or just the leaves?
Lester284L 10 months ago
@Lester284L Young stems are edible.
EatTheWeeds 10 months ago
how do you confuse stinging nettle with Cnidoscolus stimulosus? they look very different.
chuckthelumberjack 10 months ago
your from florida?!?!?!?! do you have a class? or a school? are you taking an understudy? i live in florida and i am very interested in homeopathy as well as naturalistic living. :)
panzuman 10 months ago
@panzuman I have classes every week at various location around the state. Please visit my website for schedule and details.
EatTheWeeds 10 months ago
These are good to add to a green smoothie no? I believe theres a stingless variety, are they any less potent?
bluesdog88 1 year ago
@bluesdog88 There are people who put Urticas into smoothies all the time. The quality of the sting varies and the "dead nettle" is actually a different species. Just don't confuse a Cnidoscolus with an Urtica. They look very different but some folks have confused them. The latter has hand shaped leaves.
EatTheWeeds 1 year ago
@EatTheWeeds Thanks for the reply, muchly appreciated ;)
bluesdog88 1 year ago
I just found my first patch of nettles here in c.FL, because of you Green Deane!
Well OK, maybe more because I walked off the trail and right through the patch with just flip-flops on!
But I did know what they were, after wards, because of you.
Either way, definitely the worst pain Ive felt in some years! Thankfully the worst stabbing pains subside in just a minute or so, than just left me with a prickly numbness for a few minutes.
I did bring a few plants home, with just a few more stings.
teeninja323 1 year ago
appreciate your time in doing all this. enjoy your and learning from your vids. my question is,,is it true that you can eat the roots. i heard that by eating the root that it is good agent in fighting prostate cancer.
datmanization 1 year ago
@datmanization The Germans have been using the root to treat prostate issues but I don't know how.
EatTheWeeds 1 year ago
@datmanization you can make a tincture of the nettle root & drink a few drops with warm water daily.
Alina674 1 year ago
ok, in Canada we have what is i believe stinging nettle but its leaves are more jagged like a triangle but many more triangles on each side is it edible?
macadoodle15 1 year ago
@macadoodle15 Nettles can vary greatly in shape and size, which is why one has to check out the local species.
EatTheWeeds 1 year ago
@ash19932
Yep, you're right. Urtica Ferox is by far the worst of the nettle. It's got an extra toxin that other nettle don't have to give it that extra kick. As well as that the stingers are ridiculously large.
Devilofdoom 1 year ago
Why don't you ad some recipes ?
thisisjustme1 1 year ago
@thisisjustme1 1) I only had 10 minutes then. 2) The interent is full of them, and; 3) I do have one on my website.
EatTheWeeds 1 year ago
wow i wish i could view this vid
TheBigpunn421 1 year ago
@TheBigpunn421 Why can't you?
EatTheWeeds 1 year ago
are all nettles edible? I live on the west coast of British Columbia and i want to try nettles
nickgmoney 1 year ago
Young shoots and leaves are good to eat. When the stem is upto 15cm it is OK. Apparently when they bigger they cause kidney problems. So only young plants!
Koss12100 1 year ago
We have lance-shaped stinging nettles here in Indiana. Even though it is currently fall and the plant would be (I believe) too tough to eat, would it still be good for tea at this time of year? Also, when would be the best time to collect the seeds in order to replant in the spring?
Fastflyingpigs 1 year ago
@Fastflyingpigs You can make nettle tea almost any times. As for the seeds, wait until the plant gives them up easily, re fall in your hand but before snow!) .
EatTheWeeds 1 year ago
I live in the UK, nettles are extremely common here, I am stung reasonably often. But even a bad sting is only really irritating for a few minutes, and very mildly so for just a few hours. In most cases just a couple of minutes after being stung I have forgotten all about it. Your nettles are like little yappy dogs that nip at the legs, mine are like big bounding dogs that lick you to death.
TheLoonwolf 1 year ago
@ash19932 The best revene is to eat the culprit!
EatTheWeeds 1 year ago 3
Is the the hart-leaf Nettle more indigenous to the East, particularly Florida? I hear that chickens love nettles. Can chickens eat them without doing all the preparations?
ForcedAgenda 1 year ago
@ForcedAgenda The Heart Leaf Nettle is certainly the dominant urtica in Florida. Birds, including chickens, can eat many things that bother us but not them. One reason why you cannot eat all the things that brids eat.
EatTheWeeds 1 year ago
Don't know if you have them in Florida, but rubbing Dock leaves onto Nettle stings takes the edge off the sting.
Nice series of vids, by the way.
mananachronism 1 year ago
Great video.
I think your nettles look quite cute! Over here in the UK, they often grow to over four feet high, and grow over large areas. Not much fun to walk through, but a lot easier to make cordage from.
raynkar 2 years ago
Thanks... nettles are a great tradition in your area.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
awesome video 5*
LanceMetal 2 years ago
Swordfern spore, it doesn't seem to work as well as a mud or baking soda poultice for stings. I'll run a handful of nettle (leaves, stems, root) through the juicer with carrot, apple, lemon and__ parsley when i don't have stinging nettle. I've heard that when nettle is juiced it can temporarily paralyze the vocal chords but i've never experienced this with fresh nettle.
Urtica Dioica root is quite amazing for relieving BPH symptoms
SlingerDun 2 years ago
I live in WA and learned early that for most plants bad effect there's a plant cure. As for being stung by nettles I look for a fern that has the tiny brown pollen under the leaf, and rub it on the sting.
gypsy1961 2 years ago
i have a couple of numb fingertips from collecting the tops of nettle yesterday!!
adramatictheme 2 years ago
Only numb? Then you got off well. Mine hurt for several days.
Eelbrood 2 years ago
some people are more sensitive to the sting
drumbeg12345 2 years ago
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Love your videos!
66scjohnston 2 years ago
You can use grass on nettle stings.. you just have to roll and squish it so the liquid comes out. There are other better alternatives but grass is everywhere and those alternatives sometimes arent
HeatherC19 2 years ago
dose all what you said apply to engish nettles aswell?
surfertom123 2 years ago
Edible nettles are edible nettles. England has some famous edible nettles. If you do a google search for ray mears and nettles you should get something relevant to area. I have some DVDs with him using nettles.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
"Nettle is said to be extremely beneficial for the kidneys, being useful in expelling gravel from the bladder and dissolving kidney stones. It is a powerful blood purifier that drives out toxins and metabolic wastes by stimulating the kidneys to excrete more water. Nettle tea is said to clean out the entire intestinal tract while activating the body's natural defense mechanisms."
Source: TeaBenefits (.) com
I've been told that the flowers of the nettle is even more healthy to eat. Not sure.....
MauriceFlower 2 years ago
Yes, "extreemly nutritious" are the words!!
MauriceFlower 2 years ago
What about the Russian Nettles? Have tons of them in my yard and want to start putting them into my green smoothies. How about a vid on them Dean?????
StarFlower99654 2 years ago
If you mean Salsola kali I recently found some at the beach. I think there will be a video on them, as I stretch the season and try to get to 100. The young growing tips are edible and shoots.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
just picked some today! gonna try this out
Snowwarrior 2 years ago
Be careful. Make sure you're right, that it is a nettle and not a spurge nettle.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
Awesome, although maybe you could spend some more time talking about the cordage aspects of the stinging nettle.
thebirdbath 2 years ago
I think raw food advocate David Wolfe also says that too... I don't know about his nettles but my local ones hurt like a bad bee sting and continue to hurt for days if not treated. It is one weed I eat for revenge.....
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
Haaahahaaa
laraskye 2 years ago
I make stinging nettle pie... like spinach pie just substitute the nettles. Delicious and nutritious. Nettles grow in my woods where it can be fairly dry. The sting usually only bothers me for about 30 minutes but I have a dark complexion with oily skin. You can freeze or dry nettles for use over the year.
amerrykai 2 years ago
Sounds delicious. Nettles can vary greatly in their sting, from mild to near-death ones in India. Eat the weeds is the solution.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
Dear Deane, Do you know if we have those in Louisiana? I know we have the thistle, ive stepped on em barefoot.
templje 2 years ago
Oh yes, you have nettles in Louisiana. Don't confuse them with the two versions of Cnidoscolus you have. Make sure you have an Urtica not a Cnidoscolus.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
i heard its good for u if u get stung
MagicMagix 2 years ago
It may be good, but it ain't fun. I tend to not be allergic to things and the local nettle sting is quite painful for about three days. Hot water was particularly irritating. If I were to use nettles for the sting I would pick a body place one doesn't use much or sleep on. Stings on your hands are a constant source of irritation. If I remember correctly it is formic acid and a few other things in the needles.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
Also, just wanted to say hi and thanks to you and let everyone know our little remedy us pacific northwesters use to aid the nettle bites, and its very simple, just rub a little dirt or mud and it mostly go's away within seconds. Works great here! Just thought I would check into nettle tea as we could all use an immunity booster with the recent outbreaks, maybe I am onto something? We also have devil's clubs and man do those bite hard! I will def try the pee method next time get stung by one!
DropThatSound 2 years ago
Hey there! I am enjoying starting to watch your videos and plan to check them all out. Just wondering your location? Florida? I am in Skagit Valley, WA where it rains 90% of the year and the nettles grow by the acre and have seen them over 9 feet tall. Just wondering how many variations of the Nettle exist where you are. It seems the smaller they are the stingier they are haha.
DropThatSound 2 years ago
There are three to four dozen species, depending on who is doing the counting. As for size, small does seem to be worse except in India where they have huge ones that are said to be quite debilitating.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
This stuff actually comes up in my yard and it is not a very moist yard.
apurrfectkittie1019 2 years ago
How much rain do you get?
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
I don't really know how much rain we get really but I wear flip flops during the summer and seem to always get into this stuff. I always get it across the top of my toes. Ow! Ow! Ow!
apurrfectkittie1019 2 years ago
Toes? Urine? A hard target I would think :) Are you sure it is stinging nettles, not cnidoscolus stimulosus?
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
I am positive it is not cnidoscolus stimulosus. I know what stinging nettle is.
apurrfectkittie1019 2 years ago
Well then, you have a lot of food. Boil it or wilt it...or crush it... all of those ways work. It is nutritious.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
Thank you.........I have found you videos very interesting and educational.
apurrfectkittie1019 2 years ago
Thank you ...it is difficult some times making these things and having no idea how they are received.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
urine works well to kill the sting too
apurrfectkittie1019 2 years ago
Haven't heard of that ....though I am not sure how one applies it....
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
Well I have been told to pee on my foot..........but I have just dealt with the sting. I told my family around here that you can eat this stuff and they were amazed!
apurrfectkittie1019 2 years ago
They are awful, awful, awful! My son has fallen in it before. I can't believe you can eat this stuff! I am curious to what it taste like now. I hate this stuff though! I have it all over.
apurrfectkittie1019 2 years ago
Eating weeds is the best revenge... they are very mind and make an excellent pot herb. Wearing gloves, strip off the leaves and boil them.
EatTheWeeds 2 years ago
I am really hoping to find nettles on our property this year. Strangely enough I've never touched a plant that felt like stinging. The specimens in your video sort of remind me of how Lemon Balm grows. What is the possibility I will find nettles in maritime Quebec? We have Jewelweed near the forest edge, along with buttercups, choke cherries and red raspberries. Where would I find nettles? Near a dry area or a bog area? In an open sunny area or in more shady parts?
CearaQC 2 years ago
The juice from the nettle does actually help a sting a lot, it kinda dulls the sting but doesn't completely get rid of it, you have to get the juice from the stalk, and by the way I love your videos! there great! I'm defiantly going to pass these onto friends!
Magician505 3 years ago
Thanks... as for the juice... it's never done much for me but that doesn't mean I'm not going to stop trying...
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
i live in southern California i love nettles,they are so delicious, don't eat large ones, they are extremely bitter...
DGAF2000 3 years ago
Young and tender is always a good rule with wild greens.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
i have been watching your videos, i love making herbal teas, do you know any wild herbs native to southern California that are good?...i love nettle tea!
DGAF2000 3 years ago
There are quite a few, several come to mind, Satureja douglasii, the Manzanita Bush, roses, rosemary, dandelion blossom tea. You might want to look up "feral Kevin" he has a web site and is based in California.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
wow thanks for the help, i have trouble finding info on herbs in california because every time i Google herbs there all websites about marijuana...
DGAF2000 3 years ago
Thanks....I have two videos involving sow thistles and one about the bull thistle. On my website there is an index by date of the You Tube videos.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
once again, an impressive video, i have passed this on to several friends and family members
Snowwarrior 3 years ago
Why thank you... and don't get stung!
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
No, but they are better all around.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
this is a wonderful video. I'm glad to have found you. I love nettles. I harvest hundreds of them yearly. I pull them up by the bottom of the stem, drop them in a pile, then hang them upside down in my kitchen.
After they are dry, sometimes I get stung, but rarely. I fill glass jars with them. Then throughout the year I put handfuls in soups and stirfrys.
Do they really have 1000X as much vitamins as spinach?
NancyToday 3 years ago
Great! If I remember correctly a misplaced decimal point in a 1930's publication got spinach the reputation of being nutritious. Nettles are far more nutritious than spinach.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
Deane, I have 2 questions, first, you've made me curious and I'd like to know how one may handle nettles to harvest them barehanded as you hinted earlier in the video (was that the crushing method?). Second, I'd like to know if there are any animals that will eat this plant even though with its sting it fights back.
dazigg 3 years ago
Goats eat nettles as is. Other grazers will eat them after they wilt. As for handling it. Start at the very bottom just under the grass line, break the stem then roughly push up the stem breaking the needles. The needles are perpendicular to the stem. If you push up the stem you can break the needles at the base before they sting you.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
Good! Just make sure you're sure of what's in your yard before consuming.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
Juicing should get rid of the stingers... should. Some folks say if you get stung in the mouth while eating a nettle the discomfort goes away in about 30 seconds... that may be true, but I don't want to find out IF it is true.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
Yes they can be frozen. If frozen without cooking the needles can still sting you. If you blanch them first, which also improve their condition for freezing, the needles won't bother you.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
I know us here in Fl. have the most stingers on the.
sk8erboyz1 3 years ago
I've been stung by both urtica sp. and cnidoscolus stimulosus. Definitely the urtica (or what most of North America knows as stinging nettle) is worse. It looks so benign, mintlike. At least the cnidoscolus looks a bit unfriendly.
thanrose 3 years ago
Oh yeah, the Urtica won by far...
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
Baking Soda..........not urine. now i know better. thanks eatstheweeds.
LimpLoser 3 years ago
Urine... hmmmm, that's an acid and the sting is an acid... might make things worse.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
great video
theracemixer 3 years ago
The sting is uric acid. My grandpa takes stinging nettles and hits them against his back to encourage circulation.. LOL, he is one tough cookie. I think our stinging nettles in Colorado are less intense than the one's you've touched, I never had them hurt me for more than a day..
HomesteadProvocateur 3 years ago
Many plants have formic acid, like the fire ants do. The C. stimulosus has that. What I wonder is if they would have some application in Fibromyalgia as bee stings sometimes help.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
Do wasps have that kind of acid too?
gatrwrks 3 years ago
No, a wasp sting is alkaline.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
Is it the acid in the plant that is medicinal? I've touched nettles or plants similar and it seemed that parts of my body that did not come into contact with the plant were stung too as if the needles sprung from the plant. Is this possible?
888zzz 3 years ago
They really don't know what all of the chemical are but acid is among them and they do seem to resemble a bee sting, so there may be some medicinal uses. While some plants have the mechanical means to do that I don't think the nettle does. However, it could be a systemic reaction or allergy.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
It does look like a mint, and I probably would have done exactly what you said and reached down and picked a leaf without thinking anything bad could happen.
Now if I see a plant that might be a mint that resembles this one, I will take my time and study it from a distance first and probably avoid contact.
guest2424 3 years ago
That's exactly what happened to me. I grew up where nettles had long leaves and were quite tall. I wasn't suspecting anything when I reached for this plant.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
Five Stars!!
MadBadVoodo 3 years ago
Thanks
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago
If it stings you can it make want to cry because it burns?
gatrwrks 3 years ago
Someone young might cry, yes. Some nettles are mild, some in other countries are very strong. This one feels like a bee sting that doesn't go away for a long time.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago