Spotted Dead Nettle..Tea?

So i got some Sotted Dead Nettle, have had it out back for some time now.
i already know to trim the stalk with the flower when its full bloom.
what are some drying methods that you use?
could i just brew a tea up like any other fresh cutting?
and ive read all over and just wanted to get some different opinions
i havent found anywhere of making a tea with it, like a tea to give the ladies

Theres also Yarrow on the other-side of the nettle, which i will be getting to when the flowers open up.

• Let it rot [ferment]....
• dry it and brew it in compost tea.......
• or dry it and amend your soil mix and topdress soil.

• The slower you let it dry, the more nutrients it will retain for extraction either with oxygen or without.
• ...rotting it will breakdown the organic matter [mostly, some organic acids can/will be retained] and convert it into more useable forms.
  
  • Sometimes plant roots can directly uptake these compounds, sometimes it depends on microlife's assocation......

I even just finished some mint tea myself [5 gallons]....I will test strip it and share the results....The mint infested my garden this spring and I ripped out alot......Lemon balm, catnip, peppermint, some Red dead nettle [Lamium spp.], pineapple mint and common sage [S. officinalis]

That is about as much rototilling as I am willing to pursue....using my bare hands

alright so when there bloomed i can just cut the stalk and tie them together and hang em upside down

2times said:

alright so when there bloomed i can just cut the stalk and tie them together and hang em upside down

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Yep.....

I was wrong about the sowthistle [all aster's to me] it was probably prickly lettuce [Lactuca ] which is related to modern cultivated lettuce and a good source of nutrients....use it too!

awesome yea there fully bloomed now, but then again i notice more areas with more flowers coming in
but im going to cut them tomrw morning right after dew.
should i hang them up in the attic?
or just somewhere in the room?

Anywhere that is low humidity and low light. Moving air is good too, speeds up the process obviously.

If you leave nodes on the Dead Nettle they will grow back vegetation all year.

hmmm alright good to know.
yea ima throw them in the attic have a fan moving some air around them