Wild Lettuce vs Sow Thistle | Comparison & Identification

Thank you, M'Lady, for so honoring me! And now we are all experts! Beautiful clear and concise video! I'm so enjoying your excellent work.

This has been the most important video on identifying wild lettuce. I now feel confident that I have sow thistle. Thank you!

When I have debilitating pain, my wild lettuce goes in my pain tea, along with spirea and chamomile flowers. I don’t take Rx. I don’t need to. Excellent presentation.

I wish my mom was still here. I miss her so much and I’ve never been so much into foraging and gardening than I am now. It makes me feel like I’m with my mom spending time with her. I just wish I could talk to her about this stuff and the stuff I’m learning. I believe she’d be proud. She was so smart and most of all wise and very funny.

This is a great identification video. Thank you. In the late 80s, I worked on a large produce farm in Griffith, NSW, Australia. The family grew hundreds of acres of Rockmelon (Cantaloupe) for local and export to the US. They also had a contract with a seed company (Yates) to supply melon seed, as well as giving them some secure paddocks (fields) to grow lettuce seed. Only the most trusted employees could work on the lettuce field. Why? Lettuce seed was, at the time, worth about AUD7000 for a seed bag (2ft x 2ft x 3ft). Further, the fields were coded by the seed company so no one knew what variety was being grown. They also had armed security guards onsite 24/7, and we had an overseer who ensured we weren't stealing leaves or even entire plants to allow the competition to know what was being grown. We weren't allowed to carry a backpack with food and water in it, even though the paddocks were at least 25 acres apiece. We would have to walk back to the parking area for our lunch break. Yes, they were worried about industrial spies stealing unique hybrids. Our job was to deheart lettuce so that they would throw to seed. We would work a hundred-plus acre field, then a week or so later go through and deheart any that had not started to throw stems. When the fields were harvested and winnowed, all the machinery had to be hit with flame guns to burn off any seed before going to the next field with a different variety. It was pretty crazy.

Thank you for being one of the few that differentiate between sow thistle and wild lettuce. Too often they are referred to as one in the same. Even milk thistle is thrown in...3 plants as 1. Wish people would leave the topic alone if they don't know what they're talking about

You have no idea how much you are appreciated OR how many folks lives will benefit from you just being born. Thank you my friend and God bless you.

Wonderful video, very detailed, and definitely meet the title! Very happy to see you mention the real concerns, too many people have jump on the "it's natural, it doesn't have side effects", forgetting even too much water can kill ya. Thanks.

Well done. This lettuce showed up in my yard 4 years ago and one plant, when it broke in the wind, measured 14 feet. There were a dozen plants that year and 30 the next. I wish all knowledge-providers were as succinct and informative as you were in this video.

Thank you for this. Your calm voice was very clear . No background noise to make it hard to understand. I really appreciated this very much.

But is also true that people are using it without harm. It is all about dosage, that is difficult to calculate because every plant has its own different percentage of compounds, given by the different area and soil. Someone suggested to start just with a drop and go on little by little until found the right dosage. I think that is the wisest thing to do, not to ditch the usage of the herb.

I needed this lesson. I thought sow thistle was a type of dandelion,lol. Thank you for teaching real helpful things

Thank you! I found a plant in my yard today I wondered about. I'll be checking it when I get home.

Yes thank you Wayne for suggesting🙌 Happy to find & I sub her platform as I enjoyed her over all teaching. I grew up going to Canada for my summers, relatives. I still love Canadians. Love to all 💚💙

You give me the confidence of identifying these, as I have always been confused between these two. Huge thanks to you. Please make more video on similar topics.

It is absolutely amazing on how complex plants are , just as every thing on earth . How everything is connected and has a purpose . A point i like to meantion is if it has a defensive characteristic like prickles or spines its protecting something valuable... For the most part . general tule of thumb

Lady you just saved me a whole bunch of time and effort! Thanks 🙏

WOW!!!! GREAT video!!! The comparison is HUGELY helpful

Glad to find this channel … no bs just the facts! Love it Crazy amounts of wild lettuce here in SoCal … Subbed!

This is the best video I have found to help differentiate and identify these... thank you for your thoughtful detailed comparison!