Thread: Plants - the nasty kinds

Just a bista at present, Keela is a buggered if I know ( got her as a failed pig dog ), looks like a keepie / collie / mutt down the road cross... has a wicked nose could find a fart in a gale!!

She's around about three I was told,bloody well trained & stock proof as and a awsume mate.. she has a few scars so I'm picking she got a couple of hidings from a pig or two and decided that huntings not for her.

She'l run all day & swim all afternoon,clean tidy and a bloody great pot licker. so yeah she suits me.

No hunting dogs at present.. work / mortage etc.

the hounds I mentioned before are my mates pack bully x's (not pitbull), boof head ,honest, loyal dogs

Couple of the guys have mentioned it - but dock really is the best solution to nettle stings - crush the leaves first in your hand - its the sap/juices fom the dock you want into your skin - it neutralizes it (or at least minimises it).

Anti-histamine (hay-fever) type medication might help too - the irritation is actually your own body reacting to the toxins in the plant. You should definitely consider if swelling present. Yup - they're (anti-histamines) a good little thing to carry in your bumbag - will kick in within 10 minutes of taking. Obviously go for the non-drowsy type! (Loratadine or cetrizine the usual non-drowsy ones)

I'm on anti-histamines year-round now due to another medical condition - but the plus has been that bites and stings don't bother me half as much these days either.

great advive SiB, Cheers

Could find a fart in a gale - awesome, I love it. Wish my dog could do that!!!!

We got heaps of onga onga in the Ruahines also down at the river.
One part we used too walk thru the bush is blocked by that shit now

Whack on a 15 litre backpack spray unit of roundup and knock the shit out of it Dundee

Originally Posted by Rushy

Whack on a 15 litre backpack spray unit of roundup and knock the shit out of it Dundee

I have definitely thought about doing that Rushy also the blackberry is taking over.

Can you get a scrub bar or weed eater in there then spray the chopped up shit?

Originally Posted by Toby

Can you get a scrub bar or weed eater in there then spray the chopped up shit?

I wouldn't go near the nettle with a weedeater the bits would be flying all over the place including myself

whats about petrol and matchs?

Nahh the whole place would go up

Big clearing

Originally Posted by Dundee

I wouldn't go near the nettle with a weedeater the bits would be flying all over the place including myself

Yeh you wouldn't want to go flinging nettles around at high speed. That would be a big mistake.

the other remedy we have used in the past for Ongaonga stings is put a set of gloves on, grab the stem below the leaves and slice the stem to show the white sap wood and rub that on the sting, its worked for us in the past ( your results may vary, dont resting your self

This crap is spreading at a rate 50cm a day

And has smothered a large totara and other native trees