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It’s sterile so it doesn’t spread. Which means you can let the flowers run to seed (better for the pollinators) and not have to spend time controlling it.
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Can confirm that root free/runner free nettles
do make a nutritious 'tea' for plants.
Also, ends up disturbingly smelly when you try to get rid of the
immersed, blackened stems.
Probably less of a problem on an allotment,
than along a suburban street.
Tonts
mespilus
@edmundro
Why is bocking 14 so much better? I’ve seen green manure vids on yt that suggest nettle and wild comfrey just as good...