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NILES , CALIF

I purchased some clover seed for a cover crop; and nettle
came up with it? Is this stuff good for pumpkins?
Everytime i pull one out of the ground 5 more grow around it.

2/17/2009 10:20:16 AM

Pataskala,OH

I would not think that would be good. Do not let it go to seed!

2/17/2009 2:56:33 PM

Adams County

dig it up , roots can go down 15 to 24 inches. get em out or they will take over

2/17/2009 3:39:00 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

Hit it with glyphosate until it's gone. It could take a while. The dairy farm I get manure from has thistle in it, which seems to survive the heat treatment at the farm and keeps me busy with the Roundup sprayer.

2/17/2009 8:12:57 PM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Roots down 15-24 would be good to break up compaction. As long as you don't let it go to seed...and nettles don't have some chemical in them that would hurt pumpkins (which I am not sure off either way) then they wouldn't hurt.

2/18/2009 1:21:24 PM

Adams County

or just suck up the nutreints in the soil

2/18/2009 2:21:50 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Leonardo Urena said that he had some coming up in his covercrop too. You may want to give him a call.

2/18/2009 4:10:20 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Could the nettle have been in the manure you added? I had some from the manure I added a few years back and battled for a few months to get rid of it.

2/18/2009 7:00:39 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Nettles make excellent Compost...

2/18/2009 7:34:37 PM

NILES , CALIF

Thanx for your answers. I am not 100%,it is the covercrop
it could be my compost too.
My local nursury,told me it makes a could tea to drink
if your sick?

2/18/2009 7:34:43 PM

London, Ohio

book i got says nettle leaf tea like alfafa tea gives plants organic phosferous im going to try some with my alfafa tea this summer

2/19/2009 2:11:23 AM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Yes, they will suck up all the nutrients deep down in the soil. Then when you till them in, the nutrients that were stuck down deep, become more available to our plants.

2/19/2009 11:41:50 PM