Lesser Burdock Seeds

$4.00

Another day, another seed pod clinging to my hair. Who created you? Clearly it was someone with a sense of humor. Someone with large earlobes and shiny teeth. Someone who prefers pine sap to water and mud to air. A marsh guppy with a taste for old carrots. Hairless and ground-dwelling but also incredibly wise with a deep well of mothering instincts and emotional insight.

Burdock, the beast that gives back. This heirloom biennial creature develops a long taproot that soaks up nutrients from deep in the soil, creating an incredible medicinal and nutrient-rich resource. Roots harvested in the fall of its first year are full of Inulin, an important pre-biotic that helps feed the probiotic biome in the gut. It has been linked to skin health, blood sugar regulation, digestive health and more. It’s second year brings thistle-like pinkish-lavender flowers that turn to giant burrs filled with seeds.

Each packet contains 50 Lesser Burdock seeds.

Another day, another seed pod clinging to my hair. Who created you? Clearly it was someone with a sense of humor. Someone with large earlobes and shiny teeth. Someone who prefers pine sap to water and mud to air. A marsh guppy with a taste for old carrots. Hairless and ground-dwelling but also incredibly wise with a deep well of mothering instincts and emotional insight.

Burdock, the beast that gives back. This heirloom biennial creature develops a long taproot that soaks up nutrients from deep in the soil, creating an incredible medicinal and nutrient-rich resource. Roots harvested in the fall of its first year are full of Inulin, an important pre-biotic that helps feed the probiotic biome in the gut. It has been linked to skin health, blood sugar regulation, digestive health and more. It’s second year brings thistle-like pinkish-lavender flowers that turn to giant burrs filled with seeds.

Each packet contains 50 Lesser Burdock seeds.

  • sun: partial to full

    days to germination: 7-14

    days to harvest: 90+ (harvest roots in the fall)

  • -sow seeds 1/2 inch deep

    -direct sow in fall or cold stratify at least 30 days and direct sow in spring

    -needs partial to full sun

    -does not transplant well

    -plant in loose soil if you’re anticipating harvesting the roots—it’ll make your task easier when the time comes

    -needs very little water unless there is a dry spell

    -flowers in the second year of growth

    -can easily take over areas by seed, which is extremely clingy and attached itself to anything it touches so beware growing them in high-traffic areas

    -good companions: asparagus, garbanzo, peas and beans

    -bad companions: all root vegetables

    -harvest leaves when they’re young or harvest roots in the fall of the first year of growth

  • Each packet of seeds contains seeds grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers by Senise Family Farms in Zone 4a. Though we are not "certified organic" we use organic practices in every part of our growing.