Shipped with USPS First Class Package with tracking, NOT WITH A STAMP WHERE SEEDS CAN BE CRUSHED. Lactuca virosa grows as a biennial, leafy stalk stemming from a large brown taproot. It starts as a low rosette at first, but extends with age, typically measuring up to four feet in height. It is a wild relative of lactuca sativa, which contains the group of cultivars that are commonly used in salads. Virosa, one of several species known as wild lettuce, is sometimes used in salads too.But it is quite bitter and therefore less palatable. All wild lettuce species have this quality, but it has been bred out of lactuca sativa over hundreds of years of cultivation. More so than an edible, virosa was used by doctors as a medicinal herb. The plant exudes a sticky, off-white latex when damaged. Used as tincture, drank in tea or eaten as dried latex balls, wild lettuce was used was used quite commonly in Europe and America during the days prior to modern pharma. Growing information: Lactuca virosa prefers sandy or loamy soils but is not particularly picky. You can start your seeds indoors in the early spring to get a head start on the growing season. The seeds do enjoy cold temperatures during germination. Plant your wild lettuce seeds on the surface of your potting mixture and just barely cover them with soil. Cover the pots with saran wrap until germination begins. They can be transplanted when they are a few inches. This is best off being done before the temperatures get too hot. Seeds can also be sown directly outdoors. But they are made to be carried by wind so you may lose a few if you have strong winds. To prevent this, make sure the soil stays moist so it will hold together. These plants prefer full sun. They are not frost tender and will return the following year.
Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa), grown medicinally for the milky white sap that oozes from the plant when cut or broken. Every order will receive 20 or more, non-GMO seeds grown and harvested late summer of 2019. Germination and Growing instructions: Scatter seeds on moist soil, and press them lightly into the soil. Do NOT cover the seeds as Lactuca needs sunlight to germinate. Germination takes 5 days to two weeks. Transplant seedlings to rich, moist soil and full sun, spacing them 2 ft apart. Wild Lettuce is a biennial, which means in the first year it will make a rosette of leaves, and in the second year the flower stalk(s) will shoot up in early to mid summer to 4-6ft and produce seeds in late summer/early fall. If you’re lucky, it will make seeds the first year. Wild Lettuce is hardy to zone 6 (-10F/-23C).
Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) is grown medicinally for the milky white sap that oozes from the plant when cut or broken. Every order will receive 25-30, non-GMO seeds grown and harvested late summer of 2020. Germination and Growing instructions: Soak the seeds in water overnight then scatter seeds on moist soil and press them lightly into the soil. >>> Do NOT cover the seeds as Lactuca needs sunlight to germinate PROPERLY <<< Germination can take anywhere from 72 hours to two weeks but usually four to six days if the seeds are soaked overnight. Transplant seedlings to rich, moist soil and full sun, spacing them 2 ft apart. Wild Lettuce is a biennial, which means in the first year it will make a rosette of leaves, and in the second year the flower stalk(s) will shoot up in early to mid summer to 4-6ft and produce seeds in late summer/early fall. If you're lucky, it will make seeds the first year. Wild Lettuce is hardy to zone 6 (-10F/-23C).
Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) is grown medicinally for the milky white sap that oozes from the plant when cut or broken. Every order will receive 25-30, non-GMO seeds grown and harvested late summer of 2021. Germination and Growing instructions: Soak the seeds in water overnight then scatter seeds on moist soil and press them lightly into the soil. >>> Do NOT cover the seeds as Lactuca needs sunlight to germinate PROPERLY <<< Germination can take anywhere from 72 hours to two weeks but usually four to six days if the seeds are soaked overnight. Transplant seedlings to rich, moist soil and full sun, spacing them 2 ft apart. Wild Lettuce is a biennial, which means in the first year it will make a rosette of leaves, and in the second year the flower stalk(s) will shoot up in early to mid summer to 4-6ft and produce seeds in late summer/early fall. If you're lucky, it will make seeds the first year. Wild Lettuce is hardy to zone 6 (-10F/-23C).
Lactuca virosa grows as a biennial, leafy stalk stemming from a large brown taproot. It is a wild relative of lactuca sativa, which contains the group of cultivars that are commonly used in salads. Growing information: Lactuca virosa prefers sandy or loamy soils but is not particularly picky.
