Why experienced gardeners are in no hurry to get rid of nettles on their plots: the incredible benefits of the weed

25.01.2023 09:12

Many experienced farmers treat nettles not as a weed, but as a plant with beneficial properties.

An expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist, and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh told how gardeners use this weed in their plots.

It turns out that nettles can be used to make an incredibly useful fertilizer that will benefit the crops growing in your garden.

To do this, fill a 10-liter bucket halfway with nettles. Fill the grass to the top with water and leave it like this for 2 weeks.

Important: the contents of the container should be stirred several times a day.

Nettle
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If you don’t have 14 days left and you need to feed as soon as possible, you should do something different.

Add rye bread to the bucket with nettles, and add water so that a third of the container remains empty.

This infusion will be ready in a week, but you will also have to stir it. Before watering the plants with the nutrient composition, dilute the concentrate with water in a ratio of 1 to 10.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources