Nettle: The Fabric which might replace cotton one day to make all kind of clothes

What is Nettle?

Nettle is a plant. It can be found all around the world. It can be grown very easily in most parts of Europe and in Himalayan region of India. Generally they are found in Rich Soil areas. Nettle plant can be as high as 2 meters. In UK we can find it in our gardens also, but most look towards it as garden Weed. Nettle is very native plant for wildlife. So in nutshell it is very friendly to our environment. The presence of stings makes it ideal place for insects to lay eggs. The seeds produced by nettle acts as source of food for many birds. It plays important role in wildlife.

What are uses of Nettle?

Nettle has already been used for: Food, Medicine, Garden Use and Color Dyes. But these days number of companies are doing research for making it better fabric so that it can be used in clothing.

Advantages of Nettle as Fabric v/s Cotton?

Using Nettle as fabric is very environment friendly. It is very easy to grow nettle. It requires very less water, rare protection from pests. In comparison Cotton uses more hazardous pesticides than any other crop. Cotton even though is natural fibre but growing cotton is not at all environment friendly. Even though some look at nettle as weed in their garden. But it has been already used greatly in medicines. We hope that with new researches in the area of use of nettle as fabric it will replace cotton and will help us save our Environment. We would say it will play very important role in future of eco friendly fashion.

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