Perennial Sweet Lettuce Seeds - Reichardia picroides - Very Rare. AKA French Scorzonera

Name: Perennial Sweet Lettuce Seeds - Reichardia picroides - Very Rare. AKA French Scorzonera
Brand: CicadaSeedsShop
SKU: 1138759090
Price: 14.26 ILS
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Each packet contains approximately 50 seeds.

French scorzonera, also called Common brighteyes, is a perennial plant with edible leaves and roots. The leaves are mild flavoured and not fibrous, and remain tasty even when the plant is in flower! It blooms for a long time, supporting pollinators, and the flowers can be eaten as well. You may wish to cut back the flowers to increase leaf production.

The plant will survive -10 degrees celsius for sure, possibly lower. Keeping it dry may help it survive low temperatures. Interestingly, slugs don't seem to bother the plant much even though the leaves are mild, so if you struggle to grow lettuce because of slugs, this could be a great plant to try! It tolerates rocky and poor soils, and drought.

Grow French scorzonera in full sun or part shade. Shade may increase leaf size. The plant grows about two feet tall when flowering. May self-sow.

I have not yet tried eating the roots, and there is limited information online about it. I suspect that it's best to harvest the roots in fall after the plant has died back, or early spring before it really starts growing. If you have tried the roots of this plant, please let me know!

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Seeds are grown ecologically without the use of chemical pesticides or fertilizers.

Growing instructions: Start indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost, and transplant out after all danger of frost has passed. Don't let it remain in small pots for long because it may harm the plant's taproot. Or direct sow April-May. Grow plants about 8-12 inches apart.

Germination tested Nov 15, 2023: 99%

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