Nasturtiums: Growing, Uses, and Benefits
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I grew a nice big patch of nasturtium this year! My husband had Covid and had lingering symptoms. I just discovered the health benefits of this plant and I’ll be giving him leaves to see if we can get it cleared up!!
Hi did the leaves help your hubby ?
@@predatornz.5493 yes!
What if turmeric tears up your stomach?
Mullein tea is exceptional in healing respiratory issues. You can also find it in tincture form.
Garlic cloves 2x a day with honey ok will heal so many things
Hi from across the pond Heidi! I've only recently started my herbalism journey and I'm 59 🤣 I'm just so blessed to have found your channel, thank you so much for all the incredible info you provide for novices like me. Growing up in South Africa, my grandparents had a small farm and grew their own vegetables and fruit. They also had a couple of dairy cows, some chickens and a couple of pigs. As kids we were so healthy eating fresh, whole foods and benefiting from the herbs and flowers my grandma grew. As kids she used to make us roast beef sandwiches with Nasturtium leaves and I loved the flavour. I've been growing Nasturtiums in the UK for a while but I wasn't really aware of all the benefits so today I made up a batch of chopped Nasturtium leaves with wild honey for an antibiotic syrup for winter, fingers crossed it works 😁 Thank you again and God blessxx
You claim you are not a Doctor ,Yes, but on this informative video you're one through EXPERIENCE . Much love from Kenya 🇰🇪. Keep up !!!!!
I make my own kombucha. And I just planted nasturtiums, so I’m thinking a nasturtium ginger kombucha will be really yummy!
Did you make the nasturtium ginger kombucha?
@@iheartherbs My nasturtiums did not produce very well. I don’t think they liked our extreme sun and heat here in Texas. 🥵
@@sunnycharacter I can send you some next year, they grow amazing here in Maine. I'm about the do a short video on how large and prolific they were this year to document their beauty.
@@iheartherbs Awe, that’s sweet of you! Thanks! This was an unusually fierce summer here in Central Texas. I mean, it gets hot, but we were under that heat some again like last year, but even worse, and no rain. I’m shocked it didn’t kill my Plumeria, bananas and cannas. From mid July on, my water bill is 🫣
My kids eat nasturium flowers all the time. We have had no problems there! The kids are out in our garden constantly picking and eating everything! Lol I have a garden tour coming up in a video soon. Now you have me looking forward to trying a tincture with them!
Aw, the truth of why you look 32 😁 Nasturtiums are so beautiful. I will need to try to grow them in a container on my balcony.
Thanks !!!!🏵🏵🏵🌸🌸🌸🌺🌺🌺🌼
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GREAT information. I've never had luck growing nasturtiums, but this year they all came up, but I have enormous leaves and no flowers and now I know why. Thank you so much and God Bless.
I love learning from you. You talk to were it is easy to understand.
Thank you Claudia :D
I put flowers and leaves in My Smoothie!
I didn't hear about the concern with kids eating them before. When my daughter was young we grew them because her friends were wildly amused to have them in salads. Never saw upset tummies from them, just giggles of delight when they found them to be food, and tasty. They would brag to their moms or others about the flowers in the salad that they ate!
Yeah, I doubt it is really an issue but when I come across such information, I try to share it and let people do their own research and use their own judgement
great for recovering from Covid. I know personally.
So did you eat the leaves? Can you share your experience, please?
Awesome! God is good! All the time!
Hi Heidi, Thank you so much for all this info!! I used to grow nasturtiums just because they were pretty!! And yes, for the flowers in salads. But now I have learned so much more from your and will start growing them again!! Thanks again for all the info!! Love, Mary ❤️😘❤️
I had several raised beds with nasturtium growing last summer. I was eating the flowers and leaves in salads daily.
I have a huge pot of nasturtium. I thought they were supposed to be annuals, but mine never died back, just kept going! I trimmed it back in ignorance, but it just seems to be sending out tons of new shoots and growth from the stems I cut back.... Maybe it's because we didn't have a heavy freeze this winter, but I'm a little confused 😆
Oh wow I have been growing these for a few years cause I think they are beautiful. Never knew how awesome they are
I haven't tried the flowers. I love the leaves in salad.
Got my seeds & can't wait to get started on my nutritional/medicinal garden. Thanks Heidi!
Put seeds in have them in 2 parts of the garden 1 in container. you just have to watch them they grow so fast and could take over. but i love them. don't need much care. they look loverly.
My chickens love them too, when the neighbours had them growing through the fence and over our retaining wall, you could see where the chickens could reach too as they jumped up and was a line they didn't grow below 😂. Neighbours not currently growing them anymore
Easy to grow plant some in your chicken cage under some netting let the chickens pick through it not destroying the plant but getting the leaves there are lots of herbs that a great for chickens health to peck as needed. I do oregano basil time mint and Pasley rosemary no one likes mint ha ha
I love these peppery little flowers!
Wow, thank you for the soil condition based on flowers
This is one flower I don't have in my herb and flower garden... yet. Definitely going to be in the look out for some to add next spring. I'm always looking for new flowers (with mutli-purpose uses) to add some vibrant color to my herb garden.
Cool, been snacking on those leaves while in the garden, love the taste!
Also been using/eating and adding to salads my hibiscus blossoms 😊
I knew they were edible but I never knew they were so beneficial. I'm going to plant more. Thank you for sharing. I ate nastursiums as a young teen maybe younger in salads, I didn't get sick then but I am sick now I hope that wasn't a contributing factor.
I really doubt it, especially after what I have seen, I often have a hard time believing such warnings, it seems very unlikely to me that nasturtiums would cause problems with children - I think the warning I saw was more for a tincture made from them but even then, I am skeptical.
Thanks for sharing. I planted a lot more of Nasturtiums this year. I really enjoy your videos.
My favorite flower is the Nasturtium.
New to your videos & to Nasturtiums. Thanks for the valuable tips. Research reassured me the entire plant is edible, for any age. Also the ASPCA says Nasturtiums are non-toxic to dogs, cats, & horses. I can't wait until my Alaska mix or Mahogany get large enough to "Cut & Come Again" I think Mahogany blossoms & Merlot Lettuce will look great!
FINALLY!!! I have some!!! Mine just started to bloom but I planted them in a new bed so the soil was excellent! Explains why now towards end of season when all the other plants have been using the soil nutrients I have now started to see blooms. Had a ton of leaves till now though. Also my borage FINALLY bloomed. Again in same bed too. Still no marshmallow nor feverfew. :( I’m gonna add some to a different place next year. It’s looking like I’ll still be here. I’m sure it was the location. The bed was just so new and only 6-7 hours sun. The “home front” has been doing sooooooooooooooo much better and it’s starting to feel like days of old. I know you understand this and I’ll talk to you more later. Just feeling blessed! Praying everything stays on track!!! I didn’t and won’t do anything with my nasturtiums this year. I wanna let them develop but next year I’ll definitely be using the leaves and flowers. Thanks for all you do! Love, hugs and blessings ~The Kid! ❤️
I thought it looked like things have been better, this is SO great to know! Bless you Lisa
Your passion is just enjoyable!! You taught me a lot as well !!! Merci +++, de France .
Have been picking a couple of leaves at a time & dehydrating. Don't have a lot yet but every little bit helps. Going to try to fill a quart jar before summer's over.
Off topic: canned 47 pints, 11 pint1/2s & 2 quarts of tony pears. Half are mine to keep. So. The 2 quarts had to get creative as ran out of sugar syrup so added the lemon juice they were soaking in with my homemade mint tea leaves from last year in with them. So it should be an interesting taste of summer this winter when I open them.
I did lose 1 pint1/2 jar but that's Ok it was tasty. Oh & I always add nutmeg to my pears...turns them slightly pink.
The nutmeg in the pears sounds wonderful! I love nutmeg!
How do you dehydrate them if you don’t mind me asking
@@marydamara7507 the nasturtiums? Same as for pansies. 105*f until dried. Let cool completely before jarring up. --don't do on rainy day or it will mold in jar
11:14 🤣🤣 yep, I put nasturtiums outside my poly tunnel where I’m trying to grow brassicas for over winter, spring. I knew they could be a pest trap but can hardly see nasturtium leaves for the caterpillars lol. Brassicas are netted in case they get adventurous but yep that was a faux pas. They need to be much further. Plus my first year growing them, didn’t realise how huge some of them can get…love them.
Love all your videos, you’re an absolute minefield of knowledge, amazing, thanks for sharing.
You can stuff the leaves like if it was cabbage. So you have these little stuffed nasturtium leave in a tomatoe sauce. Very healthy for you.
yep!
So glad I found your channel 👏 I'm off to pick the leaves now in my garden to eat, got a head cold so this is bang on time for me. Love that there is a use for the leaves as I love the flowers in salad. 👍🇮🇪
Love ❤️ love LOVE your channel ‼️You are so precious! Thank you for everything you do 🌷
Do you sell any of your plants? I would buy from you.
Thank you again sweet pea 🌞
No, I do not at this time and certainly not nasturtium plants. I doubt they would do well in the mail as they are pretty delicate. I might consider selling marshmallow starts because they are more hardy.
Thanks Heidi, amazing information! I often ate the leaves as a four-year-old. I can see that small children would not even like the spiciness.
My mother gave us nasturtium flowers in our salads when we were young. We only ate the flowers, we never had a problem. She usually added them to a green salad so we only had about 4 or so per salad.
Lol, I just discovered I previously commented.
My first year planting nasturtiums and they are huge with beautiful 💐🌹🌸
The yellow flowers contain a lot of lutin which is a huge benefit for your eyes
Great video, Heidi! My nasturtiums just started blooming about 2 weeks ago and I started them from seed from rareseeds. I have never grown them before. It was actually recommended as a companion plant for corn, cucumbers, and beans. So I have them right in with all of that and everything is doing amazingly well. Our temps are now in the upper 80s and they are going strong. I came to see if I could find any info about them and your video popped up right behind another one I was watching without my even looking to see if you had one. So your video must be pretty high up in the nasturtium line up on UA-cam. Mine are only red but they are so beautiful! I love that they will come back without trying. I can't wait to taste them! :D
It has been so cold here the last couple of weeks and does not show signs of warming up until mid June. My nasturtiums have come to a stop and won't start growing again until it warms up. UGH! Same with many of my other plants. At least I still have other plants doing good despite the cold but I do not know if my corn will ever germinate now.
I make a delicious vinegar with the flowers, some onions, seed pods and garlic. Very tasty.
I also make a vinegar with the flowers, often combining them with marshmallow flowers, rose petals, and/or rosemary. This is specifically for use as a hair wash though.
Now I know what happened to my cabbage plants this summer I attracted them to them with the Nasturtiums, thanks I know now what not to do next year thanks 😊
Thanks Heidi, that was such a great, informative video. I had no clue about all of this. I knew they were edible but now I know more! I have a hanging pot of nasturtiums just for their pretty colours. I'm going to think more about these lovely flowers for when I plant my medicinal garden in the future! Thanks so much!
I just planted a row of these seven day ago and some were coming up after five days and I planted them for the reason that you talked about but I didn't even know that you had this video, I didn't even know if you knew about this plant. I also planted them because the area where I planted them is not really great soil and I heard that these grow better in not so good soil. I enjoyed the video even if it is older the information is always new.
This is my first year growing nasturtium. Due to there is plenty. I collect the good ones and leave the rest for black aphids. The only issue is that I didn't know that aphids love it so I planted next to my Cucumbers. Now my Cucumbers have it too.
Sometimes planting a radish or three will help deter aphids.
EricaTep Ruiz, dawn dilute in water, in a watering can, over the aphids. They think that is nasty. They won't make the honey. Ant "farmers" are quick to move them somewhere new. Need to retreat after heavy rain or sprinklers, but my ants kept them far from the hibiscus this all played out on.
Great information! I have a big planter of Nasturtiums and now will get to harvesting the leaves. I use the flowers in salads but never dried any of the plant before, also have to try the green seeds!! Absolutely love your channel and appreciate your help from gardening to sewing!! Your very much like my herb teacher I shared your channel with her.
Thank you! :D
Great info. When planted at the base of fruit trees they are reputed to make the sap bitter to certain pests 😉
Hi Heidi, God is good all the time. Hallelujah.❤️❤️❤️
Great information. I didn’t even know how to pronounce the word lol. Now I do👍🏻
This is really helpful and rich with info. Thanks so much!
I grew nasturtiums my one and only time about 25 years ago. I don’t know why I haven’t grown them since. I grow mainly marigolds because I am surrounded by fields and it kind of keeps the bunnies away😂 good to know about the leaves in the flowers! I will keep that in mind I was thinking about growing them in containers. I can’t wait for my plants to produce some seeds for me for next year!
HAHA!! Here’s the comment I left a year ago😹
I must have really rich soil in my side garden area because i had huge bunches of leaves and like two flowers haha. They are still beautiful, but, i wanted more flowers also.
Hello I am new to your channel thanks for sharing this information
what an awesome idea, kimchi nasturtiums! 😍
O man, I need to make some right now! I have so many nasturtium flowers! haha
I'm soaking the seeds now. Thank you so much for this information phew!
Thank you, wonderful video and information! I so appreciate your sharing with us!!
Thanks for this. I keep reading about planting them with zucchini but have never planted them. I wish I had some of those leaves right now. Something caught me and doesn't want to let go. 😷
Hello Heidi, this was a great informative video as always, I have tried to grow them this year, but no flowers yet. I want give up, I will keep trying them. Yours is so beautiful, I have tried in 3 locations in my gardens, but it may just be too hot here. TFS, blessings
TennesseeGirl try a shade cloth?? And a clay unfired pot in ground to water it slowly when it's hot.
Edie Boudreau thank you so very much, will try it, blessings
Do you have lots of leaves? If so, then that simply means your soil is very rich, they will get little to no flowers in rich soil but tend to get lots of big leaves - which is great too :)
Rain Country no I don't have many trees, I think getting my seeds planted late, and then extreme heat has played a huge part, next year I think I will try something different. I so want these they are so pretty and the benefits are phenomenal
@@tennesseegirl1215keep trying! It took me several years to successfully grow some ❤
Shine On☝️🕊😃
Nasturtiums have been a hard thing for me to grow here in north Texas. I've tried transplants and seeds, and neither seems happy. I'm going to try a few from direct sown seed this Fall, and hope that the cooler (though still pretty warm) temps will make them more likely to succeed. I'm not crazy about their taste, but the many other uses they bring to the table makes them worth the trouble in my book.
I too had problems growing them but planted yearly. After 3 yrs. they came up ALL OVER THE GARDEN! So many this past season.
Maybe try throwing seeds every year and those who wish to grow will next year.
I'm in lower AZ and can grow them in early part of the year. Since they self-grow, they come up in Feb or March. When the heat comes on, those that have shade they last longer.
Nasturtiums are Delightful, Colorful 🥗 Salads, Edible Flowers
Plus all the other benefits mentioned. It is my number one herb I turn to for an antibiotic
Great video! Just planted some and are going to use these tips.
I'd love to hear what your top favorite flowers are and why.
If I can ever remember to sit down and do that video! haha
I am sad, I did not get a chance this year to plant nasturtiums. I have last year and they were beautiful.
As kid, loved picking the flowers, pull off the bottom of the long base bit that's pointy and suck out the nectar very delicious, wasn't a giant fan of the flower but it's not horrendous. Leaf is a bit peppery for me straight up but adding as spice to meals could be good
Wow you’re amazing. Thank you for all this information.🙂
Just started my leaf tincture.
Great info.
I grow them n love them too🙏🏼👍🏻
My leaves are so tiny...nothing like yours....but at least I got some this year😁
My kids ate them as toddlers, and I had the flowers when I was pregnant
Super info
Thank you for the information
Great video and very informative. I just planted a ton of these everywhere and had no idea they were edible. If picking and eating off of the plant is there something you would want to do beforehand in case of little bugs or anything you couldn't see?
Great Video!! I was curious if you have a video on how to make the nasturtium tincture?
I see you already found it :)
Great info thanks Heidi!
Thank you!😊 great info.
Excellent info.,Jehovah richly bless you,family.
Thank you for a very informative video. I read someone's story, where they felt cold coming, and they ate several nasturtium leaves and cold never came. I personally didn't get to try it as I rarely have colds. Last one I had, I kicked with with lomatium tincture. Half teaspoon, and then another half teaspoon next morning. I never had it leave before. However lomatium is not very common plant, and nasturtium is. :) How much of the tincture and how much of the turmeric your son took?
I think he took about a Tablespoon or two of the tincture and a couple of my homemade turmeric and black pepper capsules.
Thank you, that is very useful to know.
My grandparents always lined the edges of the tobacco fields with long rows of nasturtiums. It wasn’t until recently that I started to wonder why, since they never ate them (that I knew of, although my grandfather was known to wander through his garden and just eat stuff off the vine) or even cut them for decoration. Do they have some sort of pest control properties?
Yes, they do. They are said to repel white flies and since slugs love them, they are more likely to be drawn to the nasturtiums and leave other garden things alone
Do not forget that the kabal does not want anyone using plant remedies, just their expensive addicting chemicals.
I have not nor ever will forget that, this is why I share as much of this information as I can
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Will the chickens eat them? I want to know before planting..
I always enjoy watching you, thank you Heidi!
Yes, they like the leaves. so I block them off from those areas while they are growing.
They can grow in pots too, many often do that, so you might consider doing that instead
i make a herbal vinegar with these.
Yes, I do as well but for use in my hair
@@RainCountryHomestead i never considered a hair rinse. i will give that a try. i like the taste of the vinegar.
The leaves are a natural antibiotic
🧐🧐🧐🧐 Question please? I bought a "Hollywood Hibiscus, Trophy Wife", what parts of this plant medicinal as I only found 1 video & it did not give me any needed info. as deeply needing... Great video as always, thank you Heidi, smiles... Excited for an answer, thank you... ⭐️😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌼🌺💖😆👏👍💫🌟✌ 💛 ☘️
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I am not familiar enough with hibiscus to know what parts and how to use it so I recommend you look into it yourself. Simply type in into your browser: Benefits of hibiscus (I really do not think variety matters a whole lot but if you want to, just type that in too but you may not get information specifically on that anyway). Then compare the different links you come across and their information. They should also tell you what parts of the plant to use
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OMG I hv this flower in my garden but never knew that this flower is edible...
It is one of the tastiest. Day lilies are another pretty taste flower, they are quite sweet.
@@RainCountryHomestead thanks for the information.... From now I'm going to use them in my recipe list
Hi Heidi, Oh another GREAT video. Would the nasturtium leaves be a good addition to a powdered green smoothie mix?
It would depend on the flavor you are wanting, the leaves have a similar taste to the flowers, much like a radish
@@RainCountryHomestead The flavor doesn't matter to me since the brain injury caused me to loose my sense of smell, hunger and taste. I eat food only for their nutrients and these sound like they add a host of additional nutrients to my green powder mix which I started because of one of your wonderful videos. Thank you, God Bless and keep sharing your wisdom.
Maybe that's what happened to my nasturtiums. the leaves were so big and very little flowers.
I've grown nasturtiums organically and knew their leaves are edible and have eaten them. They have a mildly pungent taste.
amen!!
Hi lovely lady, could you please show us the process you use your vinegars to wash your hair?
Here is a video where I explain it (at least I believe I do in this one): ua-cam.com/video/G71782grqJc/v-deo.html
@@RainCountryHomestead Hi lovely lady, omg! I should have known you already had a video out on that! I'm so not good navigating the internet! I'll have to have my nephew show me how to move around UA-cam, (I'm more of a show me than a tell me kinda gal.😂). That way, I don't waist your time. I know you are really busy. Thank you bunches!
@@diannrichards581 No worries, we all have a learning curve when first coming to youtube and then they go and change things and you have to learn all over again! haha!
How to grow nasturtiums
Wake up in the morning have a cup of coffee
Don't do anything
Works for me
Maybe water them once in a while
Im wondering if deer like them? We have many extended families of deer and must fence our garden and wonder if we should also fence in the nasturtiums.
Not sure, I suggest looking it up. I know they do not like mints so those are good options to grow along the fence line
I am coming back and watching all your nasturtium videos again. This is the second year that I’m trying to grow them and they are not germinating! I nicked them this year. Any suggestions?
They can take awhile to germinate. I never do anything special with mine other than starting them in planter pots up against the house or green house until they get big enough to transplant. This way they stay more protected from the weird cold spring days we have been getting for the past couple of years whey they are first trying to grow
@@RainCountryHomestead thank you for getting back to me so quick and for the information! And I used to have them growing all the time when I was a lot younger but I bought them from a flower shop. Now that I know they’re medicinal value I’ve been trying to grow them.!😊
Do you think a nasturtium oxymel would be a good alternative to a tincture?
I also wanted to ask, what would you think of drying the leaves and flowers, grinding them and putting them in capsules? If the stems are edible could I do that with the stems and save the leaves and flowers for tea and salads.
Yep, you can do that and yes, the stems are edible too and I would assume the benefits in the stems are equal to the leaves but I would not use any of them in tea only because a radish tasting tea does not sound appealing to me
@@RainCountryHomestead
I agree, thank you. I love your homestead.
Question- I’m planning on growing some of these this spring, for medicinal usages in my front yard and some in the garden as a trap crop, however I read today that they attract aphids and I’ve not had an aphid problem in my vegetable garden, now I’m uncertain if I should grow them at all, can you advise?
I actually have read some time back that they help keep aphids off plants but either way, I have never had a problem with them attracting aphids to anything and I grow them where ever I can in my gardens
@@RainCountryHomestead ok thank you for replying !
Will have to start growing this, always looking for natural way to treat illness. Do you have any info on what to grow to lower blood pressure? Had to go to doctor to get blood pressure med. They wouldn’t give me a prescription unless I had blood work. 900 dollars I will go without next time. So looking for a natural way of treating blood pressure.
Look into hawthorn berry tincture or leaf infusion, yarrow tincture, and fresh red beet juice. Juice in small amounts, about shot glass worth.
The main problem is that chronic high blood pressure is caused from another underlying issue. Treating blood pressure with drugs is like giving some one a pain killer for a broken leg but not resetting and casting it. Then you have the cost to your health by taking those medications. There are a good amount of herbs that do help regulate blood pressure but you may want to look into what is causing it to go up.
Is there a good time to cut the leaves and flowers to dehydrate?
The leaves are best to harvest before flowering as that is when they get their biggest and healthiest but once the flowers start growing, more energy goes into those. I harvest the flowers as soon as I can
Well, I guess I missed the opportunity. They have already flowered and the flowers are dying off.