The study evaluated the technique and date of nettle plantation setting as well as estimated the optimum plant harvest date. The plantation was set up vegetatively (from underground rhizomes) or generatively (seed sowing) on three autumn dates in the first decade of September, October and November 1991 and in spring in the first decade of April 1992. The plants were harvested at three development stages: vegetative (before bud-forming), full budding and full flowering. The results showed that the plantation set up vegetatively generated higher yields of fresh and dry matter than that set up generatively. Early autumn (first decade of September) can be accepted as optimum date for rhizome setting and late autumn (November or October) for seed sowing. Moreover, it was observed that although higher plant yields were achieved at later development stages, plants had lower leaf share.

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