Awright...took a stroll around the yard and found that we are under a serious invasion of Stinging Nettles. We have had a lot of them in the past and I have killed them back using Spectracide, which purportedly killed the roots. May have worked initially but the roots must still be there and quite healthy. They are back with a vengeance.

Can anyone recommend an herbicide that I can get locally at Farm and Fleet or Menards? The plants are still very small and I would like to get them soon.

Moosetrot

I don’t know and I can’t help you with that….BUT….I read somewhere that stinging nettle makes an excellent fertilizer if you soak it in buckets of water? I can’t remember the details entirely or if you have to add anything else. But it may be of use to you for OTHER plants

Roundup is what I use.

Well, Yule Kilcher cooked and ate them when I was on his homestead in Alaska in the early 80's. I just want to kill them all.

Moosetrot

Pull them out by hand...that's the organic way! LOL

There annuals.
But they produce alot of seeds . You can spray but you probably have a tremendous seed bank.
Goats are the answer.

Has anyone tried a "Steam Cleaner" on them? It works great for Tansy. It takes several applications but it is cheap and eco friendly. Mostly cheap is why I do it.

Stinging nettle is a powerful bush medecine with a lot of uses.
You can handle them as long as you handle them agressively,do NOT handle them gently or you will be sorry.

Invite someone over you don't really care for. Make sure they have shorts and sleeveless shirts on. Trick them into walking through them. Sting weed is the man reason I wear long sleeves while seng digging.

Grandpa always said, "Grab 'em like you mean it"

That's a good idea.

Dig up with hoe

If you want to get ride of them use 24D Amine it will do the job without killing everything else like Roundup. One thing about it though you will have to keep spraying each year as the reason they have came back is from the seed in the ground from years back.

The irony of this is that I wish I had more of them. They are good to eat, the fibers make excellent cordage, and my goats love them.

great vitamin C and super cordage material.....

pic, please, of plant

600 seeds from Amazon lees than 10 bucks

Your neighbors would probably be happy to give you theirs