Our Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) seeds have germinated ......

[zigs]

Is mine one too?

 

[David from Dothan]

It sure does look like one, now, zigs....you'll know for sure when the stalk runs up 6 ft.+ (1.8288+ meters)

 

[zigs]

Cor

We got 2 of them

 

[David from Dothan]

It has been ALMOST 4 months.....and it's FINALLY "showing out".....The stalk is starting to form.

 

[zigs]

Cor, yours is bigger than ours

 

[Tetters]

Found in US National Library of Med..............
Abstract
Wild lettuce (Lactuca virosa) can cause toxic effects when eaten. Wild lettuce grows in the north of Iran and some natives consume it unaware of its adverse side effects. We describe eight patients with manifestations of wild lettuce toxicity, admitted to a general hospital affiliated to the Golestan University of Medical Sciences. All the patients recovered (although one had to spend 48 h in the intensive care unit) and no chronic complications were reported. A clinical suspicion of toxicity caused by wild lettuce intake and an accurate history formed the basis of the diagnosis. Conservative treatment, vital sign monitoring, control of patient intake and output, and reducing patient agitation provided the basis for treatment.

 

[David from Dothan]

And just 5 short days later we have the first flowers on the developing stalks.......

 

[zigs]

Cor

Don't end up in Hopital though

 

[Chuck]

And just 5 short days later we have the first flowers on the developing stalks.......View attachment 50352

You should chop that stuff down now before it makes seed. It is super invasive

 

[David from Dothan]

You should chop that stuff down now before it makes seed. It is super invasive

Welllllll............the goal is for it to keep coming back.......

 

[David from Dothan]

Cor

Don't end up in Hopital though

I'm thinking that I could wind up in the hospital if I didn't have enough sense to take aspirin .......

 

[Tetters]

You should chop that stuff down now before it makes seed. It is super invasive

But @Chuck , just think, David could sell the seeds on eBay ....

 

[Chuck]

This stuff is edible when young but not at all tasty. It's not like chard or spiniach. I have 2 kinds of the stuff and have been trying to rid my property of it for years. Go ahead and let it go to seed but just remember that I told you so

 

[Chuck]

But @Chuck , just think, David could sell the seeds on eBay ....View attachment 50353

I can just see it now. The world covered up in the stuff

 

[treeguy]

Us civilized guys like more girly varieties like Red Sails, Ruby, Black Seeded Simpson. I let one go to seed each year so I get leaf lettuce weeds hither & yon, but earlier than I can seed myself, so I have at least a few a month ahead of the sets I buy. They're not true to mother, but they are early...