Growing Corn Salad, also Lamb's lettuce or Mache

Valerianella locusta : Caprifoliaceae / the honeysuckle family

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(Best months for growing Corn Salad in New Zealand - cool/mountain 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

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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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