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Old 20-04-2006, 06:09 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren
 
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Default nettles in strawberry beds

In article .com,
wrote:
Nettles just love high nitrogen feeds, makes them grow real well.
Strawberries are broadleaved plants as are nettles, so any weedkiller
that would kill the nettles will do the same to the strawberries.
Sorry..


It's phosphate, primarily, actually. That is why they grow most
vigorously where animals were kept for a long time.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.