I got this weed I was pulling out and I was wearing gloves and didn't realize it had a form of a hairlike thorn on which made the areas I came in contact with it get a tingling sensation and a slight rash developed but quickly was gone by the next day. Just wondering what it is so I can properly get rid of it and prevent it from returning. ( photo / image / picture from Clay_22's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Clay_22's Garden )
Looks and sounds like Urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle, Common Nettle) I got into some one day at a friends garden and used almost a whole 16 ounce bottle of Aloe Gel to get the stinging to finally stop.
That's a relative of the horse nettle I have in my garden. Bugs, especially potato bugs eat it and leave my vegetables alone. But horse nettle doesn`t sting.
Dock leaves only work in folks imaginations. A lot of work was done somewhere on folk remedies for nettle stings and they found none of them actually had any effect. Next time try rubbing Bicarbonate of soda on the sting. The nettle produces acid and the soda is alkaline and neutralises it. Otherwise, spend years getting stung and eventually they no longer have the same long lasting effect.
Oh the things one learns on this site! Palustris--I'll try to remember the bicarbonate of soda in case I ever encounter stinging nettles. They don't seem to grow widely in my neck of the woods. Netty--someone (maybe on this site?) makes stinging nettle tea fertilizer for their plants. Is that you?
I have made Nettle fertiliser, but the stench is so appalling I only did it the once. You can eat young Nettle leaves, wilted like Spinach. Supposed to be very pleasant, never fancied it myself. Have had Nettle Beer many many years ago, it was nice, but never made it myself so no idea how it was done. You can use Baking Soda if that is what you have, but not Baking powder (that has an acid in it).
Pulustris...as I child we would get into the nettles while out and about playing in the creeks...the jewelweed always made the sting go away. It is a tried and true remedy for us country folks.
Interesting interesting. Anyone want to be a ginuea pig & try it out? Clay?? I nominate you as you seem to have a ready source of stinging nettles. That is, assuming you also have a source of jewelweed. BTW, in MA, we also call jewelweed 'touch-me-not' because the seed pods pop when you touch them).
