+Lee Crt do you smoke it for the taste or some medical reason? I collected seeds and hope to force them to germinate. they can wait up to a hundred years!

Do you smoke it by itself or in a blend? Does it get you "high"? Or is it just nice to smoke? Have you experienced health benefits and I'd so, what? Sorry for all the questions! I'm just very interested in smoking different herbs and I just got a bunch of dried mullein and my own plant and wanted some more info before I just go smoking it!

@@HealersHoney I smoke Mullein. It is the main ingredient in virtually all herbal tobacco alternatives. It does not get you high in any way. It has a mild flavour with very mild, soothing, smoke. It is best blended with other leaves as a base, where the other leaves add flavours of your preference. I have found it nice to smoke in my pipe, as I was a heavy pipe smoker for many years. I have had no success using it as a rolling tobacco as it burns quickly, but in a pipe it forms a lovely smouldering cake layer and smokes very well. It is calming, relaxing, but in no way does it get you high.

U think it would work if I used the root of a plant that's dried out...it's April and I'm in Canada

It's so weird to me that you guys talk about trying to get Mullein to grow here in Central Oklahoma it runs rampant I could probably go get about 50 lb worth in around 20 minutes. Seriously thinking about harvesting a crapload drying it myself and selling it since you don't need a license or anything to sell it.

I read conflicting information on sprouting the seeds. One says they need light to germinate so you can't cover them with soil. I spread the seeds all over my front yard and I have had several come up. None this year, buy two came up in the backyard on their own. I have a feeling they do better in poor soil as well.

I found out much later my foot problems were actually back problems from the nerves in my lower back.

I found out after this video I didn't have plantar facilities.

The problem with it being in a pot is it developes a large horizontal root system. I think you are right about it being too cold. The first year Mullein stores energy in the roots. If you plant it outdoor now it most likely would just die. The only advice I can give you is to not over water it. It will grow best in full sun. Please let me know how you make out.

I got two plants when I went foraging. I'll grow mine in a raised bed 40cm, that then goes down into the soil below that.

Please let me know how well they grow. Transplanting stunted my Mulleins. The still produced the flower and seeds

I just placed a leaf inside my socks. I found out later the pain was from a pinched nerve in my back

I think it a very pleasant plant to look at. The leaves are pretty as a rosette the first year. In the second year you have the yellow flowers.

They do sell Mullein seeds. I've read different directions for getting them to germinate. Some sources say need light to germinate so they must be on top of the soil. I spread a lot of Mullein seeds in my yard but I'll only get one or two plants come up each year.

Yes, they transplanted, but it stunted their growth. I currently have a first year and second year plant growing in my front yard. They grew from the seeds of those original transplants. Mullein has many reported uses. It is called cowboy toilet paper. The flowers are use for ear infections. I used it for foot pain at but I had to go to more rugged relief for it. Any book about medicinal plants will include this and its uses.

I think transplanting early is good. The ones I did were later in the year and it stunted them. They were first year plants. And the did come up the second year. The root system will surprise you. They have very long horizontal roots. When hospitals get back to normal I’m going to try some pain block/steroid shots in my back.

@@m005kennedy Thanks for answering so quick! Mine isn't super big, I think I'll try tomorrow. My other option is let it grow, see if it puts out a seed stalk, then try to use the the seeds in the area where I want the plants to be. About the steroid shots - They helped my neck a LOT but they're so expensive: Last year I did two or three rounds of 3 shots & would've continued had it not been cost-prohibitive. I'm planning on seeing about doing my lower back when I see my ortho guy in a couple weeks - my neuro appt was cancelled thanks to the Wuhan Plague but my ortho guy is still seeing patients so... Hope you get great results! I sure know how it is to be in pain all the time. It's a life-changing situation when your spine is shot either thru accident injury or degradation. I'm kinda combination of both...had disc issues in my neck already when my back was ruined in a car wreck. Gal ran a red light & I was under said light (except from my vantage point, the light was green) Ruined my life, I can tell ya that! So ya think it's too late to transplant my Mullein? We still get cool nights, but have had a couple of mid-80s days here.

Johnny Monstair I did not get great results with seeds. I got a couple plants but one they were gone there were no more. Mullien seeds can be dormant for a 100 years before sprouting waiting for the right conditions. Transplanting forces them to grow where you want them to. I’ve read the seeds must be put in a freezer for three weeks to break dormancy and others who say it is unnecessary.

@@m005kennedy Got it, thanks! I'll transplant tomorrow (weather permitting) & let ya know how it goes. Wish me luck!

@@MeMyselfAndEyeTeeth good luck

I never watered it but it was in better soil and probably ended up too wet. I spread seeds all over the yard. This was one that came up.

@@m005kennedy Sounds great good luck. I spread some seeds around my yard will see if they come up.

@@selfhealherbs13ms let me know what happens next year.

@@m005kennedy Sure will. The 1 i have now grew tall but its all drying up now I used the flowers and leaves to make my tinctures for this year's collection of medicinal's

@@selfhealherbs13ms Well?

This came up in this location for two years then stopped

These were transplanted around the end of spring. Transplanting them stunts their growth a lot. This plants grows in poor soil that is well drained. Being a pioneer plant it can grow were other plants don't grow. It's large horizontal root system brings water and nutrients to the plant. I seeded my yard with seeds from this plant. One sprouted up in an area that was not well drained and it was stunted.

Good. One that was a first year plant came up this year and bloomed. I scattered seeds last fall and i had about 6 new plants come up. I am offering seeds within the US for ssae.

Great! How are your seeds priced?

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I was given a mullein plant that was pulled from a rock bed in northern Utah. I put it in sandy soil in west Texas and it withered a few hours later. Can you tell me why and what I need to do? I really would like for it to grow here.

I'm not familiar with that

Yes. You get thousand for a single plant. It seems I see different instructions on how to plant them

No mullein and sage are very different plants.

@@m005kennedy Thank you very much indeed 💫 🌐 👍 💚

Your welcome

Yes. They were a little stunted, but the grew and flowered in the second year.

It was wild. I think replanting them was not to their liking. My method was just to spread the roots out as much as I could. The problem was I didn’t get all the roots up with the plant originally. The horizontal root system can be very large. These are considered pioneers plants and are use to poor soil conditions. My yard isn’t really bad enough for them to take hold. I do have two small ones this year in my yard. There are in different parts of the yard so we will see what happens. One plant produces thousands of seeds. The seeds can lay dormant in soil for a hundred years before germinating.