Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa), is grown medicinally for the milky white sap that oozes from the plant when cut or broken. 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). *** FREE SEEDS WITH EVERY ORDER *** ~ Every order automatically receives a complementary packet of Goji berry (Lycium barbarum) seeds as a bonus. ~ Orders totaling $18 and more get a free packet of Black Goji Berry (Lycium ruthenicum) seeds in addition to the free Goji berry seeds. ~ For order of $35 and up you'll get, in addition to Red Black Goji Berry seeds, a packet of Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica) seeds as well.