Growing Corn Salad, also Lamb's lettuce or Mache

Valerianella locusta : Caprifoliaceae / the honeysuckle family

Jan F M A M J J A S O N Dec
  P P P P              

(Best months for growing Corn Salad in Australia - temperate regions)

  • P = Sow seed
  • Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 20°C. (Show °F/in)
  • Space plants: 10 - 15 cm apart
  • Harvest in 5-8 weeks.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Onions

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02 Dec 18, Mike (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I left a Honi Tsai Tai plant go to seed - loved watching the bees come each morning for the flowers as I had my cup of tea each morning. When finished I threw it under the mango tree. I have had 2 big flushes (dozens of plants) of seedlings come up in the last 6 weeks. I find it hard to germinate the seeds but under the mango heaps.
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22 Aug 18, Pamela Dawson (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Are seeds for corn salad plants readily available in nurseries - first I have heard of it from a friend and would like to try growing some. If available what is it known as on the seed packet.
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22 Aug 18, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Pam, you can buy corn salad seeds from online suppliers, like Egmont Seeds.
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14 May 17, Marion (Australia - temperate climate)
How do I clean this treasure for eating please
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27 Apr 16, karl keilmann 36racecourse road pakenham vic 3810 (Australia - temperate climate)
where can I get feldsalad seed german seed (korn salad )
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11 Oct 16, Ruth (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I have grown Feldsalat (lambs lettuce, corn salad etc) for a few years now, every winter! I purchase the seeds from www.theitaliangardener.com.au
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29 Sep 16, Jess Balser (Australia - temperate climate)
You can order it from ebay under the name corn salad. Same we grow in germany and grows great here in NSW.
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08 Nov 14, robyn scott (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Bought seeds from Livingseeds. Will plant them in winter because Durban summers are too hot
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07 Nov 14, Edward (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Beta vulgaris is silverbeet or chard, or could be beet root. So if it looks like lamb's lettuce then it's Valerianella locusta. Wrong label or wrong identification
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27 Oct 14, Jennifer Lavery (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I would like to purchase lambs lettuce seed or seedlings, we live in Western Aust. Would really appreciate if anyone could point me in right direction in our State. Thanks
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For on-going winter greens, let your corn salad go to seed each year. Free fresh greens in winter.

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