Stingy nettles in the back garden

[jofeb04]

Tried to use strong weedkiller to no good luck. They're coming in through the wall at the back of our house.
What else can we do to get rid of them?

Dig down and pull out carefully as much of the root as you can. Pull them out before they flower so your no re-distributing seeds, butt hey thrive from the roots so even the tiniest bit of root will mean new plants.

We had loads in our garden when we moved in and I dug out the whole bed removing as many root s as possible (there were loads) and I have throughout the year had some samll recurrences - but minimal so in the main its worked!

Just call it a wildlife garden.
Brill for butterflies and caterpillars.
plus you can dye your own clothes green a la Good life

i am planning to lay that weed control fabric over the area with the stinging nettles and brambles, so you think that will work?

you will have to get rid of them first bog tiem misdee
theres something called deep root you could try
seems to have worked for us

right, so if i cut them back, and put weed control fabric down, will that work? dd3 is trying to crawl out the back door so dont want her crawliung into the nettles.

cut them back, put some of that deep root stuff on them dig out any big chunks you can see and then if you want put that weed control stuff over then. BUT...we paid 20 odd quid a roll for that stuff and the most gentle of weeds are getting through it. The places where we deep rooted are fine.

Thx for all the advice. DH planned on doing it this morning, but we were covered under 3inches of snow!! Oh well, maybe next week!

remember to make nettle soup!

I actually want nettles (on my allotment though, not garden) but they never seem to grow there.

you can get rid of nettles and brambles just by mowing. If you mow the area every week, the grass starts to grow, and the nettles and brambles just give up after a while.