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                  

(Best months for growing Corn Salad in USA - Zone 5a 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 50°F and 68°F. (Show °C/cm)
  • Space plants: 4 - 6 inches apart
  • Harvest in 5-8 weeks.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Onions

Your comments and tips

05 Jan 21, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go to Boondie Seeds on the internet.
10 Mar 23, Pat leitch (Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer climate)
Where can I buy seed for lambs lettuce and where does it grow in Canada?
21 Mar 23, Anonymous (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Check the planting guide for your climate zone and check internet for seed sellers.
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Beta vulgaris is silver beet, not corn salad.

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