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  • From: "Miranda Smith" <mirandas2 AT attbi.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: nettles
  • Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 05:30:18 -0400


Mike wrote:

> Pulverized shell meal from Florida, sold as "feed lime" for
livestock;
> sometimes high calcium limestone from Tennessee is used though I
would
> try the shell meal with compost tea. If left in the compost tea tank
> between batches it might release appreciable amounts of calcium
without
> radically altering pH. >

> How are nettles grown and where are seeds available.

Dear Mike,

Regarding the shell meal: how do you use it without compost tea?
Certified organic growers can't use compost tea after October of this
year.

Secondly, stinging nettles are a common weed, but if you don't have
them, try Richter's. I imagine other suppliers also have them. Hudson
would be a good source and Johnny's might even sell them. Their name
is: URTICA DIOICA.

MIranda Smith






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