September 19, 2023

Over the last four years I’ve been working on the problems with farming the wild lettuce. Wild lettuce is notoriously difficult to grow in a field from seeds. The old timers observed this as well.The main problem, in regards to field planting, is the way lettuces propagate in nature in general. They produce an enormous

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February 27, 2023

Recently I’ve gotten a few inquiries as to when I will have the non-alcohol based Extra Strong Tincture of Lactucarium in stock. I haven’t been making the glycerin base recently because one can mix their own non-alcohol based version of the extra strong using the liquid of their choice. This post is for anyone that would

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December 14, 2022

Hello all! What’s new here at the Wild Lettuce Company? Well I’ll tell you! Topics: 1. 20 Years! 2. Farming project 3. A note on Lactuca virosa altissima 4. Egyptian Lettuce Seed Oil back in stock 5. Classic Wild Lettuce Tincture back in stock 6. What to expect in 2023? 20 Years!First I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for their interest

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July 17, 2022

Hello all! Here is a short update about bottle sizes at the Wildlettuce.com shop. We’ve switched from the milliliter sizes to fluid ounces. In short, bigger bottles, same price! Well, the same price for the extra strong tincture and the classic tincture. We did have to raise the price on the oil. We also have a new

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June 21, 2022

Hello all!  I wanted to share some photos of a Czech variety of Lactuca serriola that I am cultivating. I hope that these pictures will help you to better identify Lactuca serriola in your own back yard.  Lactuca serriola is one of the more common of the useful varieties of wild lettuce. Serriola is perfectly fine for

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