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
  • Young corn salad

Like lettuce in appearance and use, however Corn Salad (Lamb's lettuce) is hardier.

Not suitable for growing in warm areas.

Grow quickly with a well enriched soil and keep watered - adding nitrogen every two weeks.

Culinary hints - cooking and eating Corn Salad

Pick individual leaves or harvest the whole plant as required.

Your comments and tips

31 Dec 20, Leonora Lloyd-Evans (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can i get corn lettuce (once pandemic is over!) I live in Qld and understand you need a cool climate to grow it in. Kind regards Leonora
05 Jan 21, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go to Boondie Seeds on the internet.
14 May 17, Marion (Australia - temperate climate)
How do I clean this treasure for eating please
27 Apr 16, karl keilmann 36racecourse road pakenham vic 3810 (Australia - temperate climate)
where can I get feldsalad seed german seed (korn salad )
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
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.
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
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
28 Apr 16, nick durrant (Australia - temperate climate)
I got mine from Eden seeds.
02 Apr 16, Dina Lainez (Australia - temperate climate)
Try BW
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