dried versus fresh Nettle for plant fertilizer tea

Any advice please?  I use nettle tea during the summer made from fresh leaves in water.  However I collected loads of leaves last year and dried them, crumbled them into "tea leaves" and have bottled it ready for use this year.
My issue is I am not sure how much dried leaves to use to make up a batch, and should I still dilute it?
Do i do a cold water soak, or what about hot water, say 1 tablespoon for 2lt of water?

oh dear...  I am lost on this one.

I don't know about this from the health benefits angle, but as far as just getting a nice tea:

I'd say do one cold, one hot, one boiling, each at a fairly high concentration; then dilute each in small increments until you find the one that has the best taste for you.  Now try it again at that water/leaf ratio at that temperature that tasted best to confirm.

I hope this experiment helps; enjoy the tea!

Dustin Rhodes wrote:I don't know about this from the health benefits angle, but as far as just getting a nice tea:

Thank you for your reply Dustin.

My fault I should have been clear I was referring to a plant feed tea - not human

In summer I dont really measure things, I just full a container 3/4 with nettles and top up with water to the brim, leave it to for about 3 weeks then use on an about 10/20% dilution ratio.
I just have no idea if the same applies with dried nettle leaves, or not.

And another thing, what if my dilution ratio is off - I mean can I be doing the plants harm if I dont dilute enough?  or wasting my time if I have over-diluted...
Phew

Trish, in general, I use half the amount of dried herb when I substitute it for fresh, because without the moisture in the plant, the herbal constituents are more concentrated. That's for human consumption (teas, salves, and tinctures) but I'm guessing that it would work for your fertilizer tea too. Since you don't measure exactly, you could probably just eyeball the amount compared to a summer tea, and still get a good result.