Corn Salad
Valerianella locusta
Rated 5/5 based on 1 reviews.Standard seed packet, 200 seeds
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Corn Salad
Valerianella locusta
Synonyms: Valerianella olitoria
- Annual 30cm
- Salad green
- Succulent leaves
Annual growing to 30cm. Succulent leaves are used as a salad green and have a delicate flavour. Sometimes used as a lettuce substitute. Can be cooked in stews, soups or as leaf vegetable. Also known as Lambs lettuce, Mache, and Field lettuce.
How to sow and grow:
| Method: | Sow direct or raise seedlings |
| Sowing Depth: | 6mm |
| When: | Spring, autumn and early winter |
| Position: | Full sun, moist well drained soil |
| Plant Spacing: | 20cm |
| Hardiness: | Hardy |
| Plant Height: | 30cm |
| Days to Maturity/flowering: | 45-60 days |
| Care: | Pick outer leaves as required. |
(Product number: D4-06)
Seeds per gram: 600 seeds
| SKU | D4-06 |
| Botanical name: | Valerianella locusta |
| Botanical synonyms: | Valerianella olitoria |
| Packet type: | Standard seed packet |
| Packet quantity: | 200 seeds |
| Seeds per gram: | 600 |
| Photo credits: | Photo by Schwäbin / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE photo by Jasna Tepsic |
Tasty in salad and so easy and quick to grow
By: customer review from 11/11/2015 on 19 March 2016We had a 95% germination success with these seeds. Adds such as awesome flavour to salad but watch the bugs like earwigs, they like it too
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