🌿 Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica) — Organic Seeds

Common Names: Common Nettle, Burning Nettle

🌱 Seed Quality Promise

All seeds sold by Yahuah’s Farm are 100% organic, non-GMO, and never chemically treated or coated.
We do not sell pelleted, dyed, chemically enhanced, or synthetic-treated seeds.
What you plant should be as pure as the medicine it becomes.

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About Stinging Nettles

Stinging Nettles is one of the most powerful and nutrient-dense medicinal plants on earth. Often misunderstood because of its sting, this plant has been treasured for thousands of years as a foundational food, medicine, and fiber plant.

Nettles are incredibly rich in minerals, vitamins, and plant compounds, making them one of the most important tonic herbs in traditional systems. Once established, nettles form strong perennial patches that return year after year with increasing vigor.

This is not just a plant — it is a living multivitamin and a true survival herb.

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Traditional & Herbal Uses

Stinging Nettles has been traditionally used as:

• A mineral-rich tonic herb
• A traditional blood-building plant
• A nourishing daily herb
• A foundational spring green
• A traditional joint-supporting herb
• A hair and skin-supporting plant
• A strengthening botanical
• A classic whole-body tonic

The leaves, stems, roots, and seeds are all traditionally used.

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Plant Characteristics

Botanical Name: Urtica dioica
Life Cycle: Perennial
Growth Habit: Upright, spreading
Mature Height: 3–7 feet
Mature Width: 2–4 feet (spreading)
Flower Color: Greenish
Bloom Time: Late spring through summer
Foliage: Serrated, deep green, stinging hairs
Root Type: Rhizomatous
Attracts: Butterflies, beneficial insects

Nettles spread once established — choose placement carefully.

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Growing Stinging Nettles from Seed

Nettles are easy to grow and thrive in fertile, moist soils.

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How to Germinate Stinging Nettles Seeds

Surface Sowing (Important)

Nettle seeds need light to germinate.

1. Scatter seeds on soil surface.

2. Press gently into soil.

3. Do NOT cover.

4. Keep soil consistently moist.

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Germination Time

• 7–14 days
• Fast and reliable

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Ideal Growing Conditions

USDA Zones

Zones 3–10

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Sun

• Partial shade preferred
• Tolerates full sun with moisture

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Soil

• Rich in organic matter
• Moist, well-draining
• Loamy preferred

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Water

• Moderate to high
• Likes consistent moisture

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Spacing

• Space plants 18–24 inches apart
• Spreads by roots

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Growth Timeline

Weeks 1–2:
• Germination

Weeks 3–6:
• Leaf development

Weeks 7–10:
• Strong vertical growth

Year 2+:
• Full perennial stands
• Heavy harvests

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Harvesting

Leaves & Tops

Harvest young growth before flowering for best quality.

• Use gloves
• Use fresh or dry

Roots

Harvest in fall after 2–3 years.

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Seed Saving

1. Allow plants to flower and set seed.

2. Let seed clusters dry.

3. Rub gently to release seeds.

4. Store cool, dark, and dry.

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Why Grow Stinging Nettles?

• One of the most nutritious plants on earth
• Long-lived perennial
• Extremely productive
• Easy to grow
• Deep medicinal history
• Excellent compost activator
• Pollinator support
• Soil builder
• Survival plant