Peter Wilker

I have purchased the root pouches and nettle seeds. I just need to get the right earth now.
Would "humus" be a good growing medium?

Thanks again!

I would imagine that if your growing medium had some chunks of decomposed wood chips or bark in it, the nettles would thrive in root pouches

Your idea of adding wood chips seems good.
I also read that nettles like nitrogen, so I could add so called "horn meal", which is a natural nitrogen-rich fertilizer.

So basically what basic growing medium should I chose and what percentages of wood chips and horn meal should I add? What comes on the bottom, what at the top?

Thank you all again!

Thank you all for the really great tips!
Ans also thank you for the warnings regarding nettles spreading everywhere.
I'm 100% sure that I want to grow nettles. I like them very much and will use them regularly. Since I don't have one single nettle in my entire garden, I have to grow them.
I didn't want to grow them directly in the ground, for the reasons you mentioned (spreading everywhere). I thought that I'm more or less on the safe side, if I grow them in root pouches, since they are contained.
So is there still substantial risk of the nettles taking over the garden, eben though they are grown in root pouches? What's a better altnerantive to grow them "safely"?

And the tip with the ollas sounds great. Everything that makes growing more comfortable is welcome.

Thank you!

Hi,

I have no gardening experience and would like to grow stinging nettle in root pouches (placed outdoors):
https://rootpouch.com/products

I was wondering, if anyone knows these root pouches.
Especially which size would you chose for growing nettles? - Fewer big ones or many small ones?
Also they have the "Boxer Line", which is made of 100% recycled water bottles. And they have for example the black ones, which are a blend of PET and natural fibers. Which one would you chose?

Thank you for your help!