Lamb's lettuce (corn salad) — small-growing, early-spring salad plant, cold-tolerant, sowable year-round.
Lamb's lettuce, also known as field salad or corn salad, is a small-growing, early-spring salad plant. Cold-tolerant, in fact sowable year-round — autumn sowing, spring forcing, outdoor growing.
Growing
Sow year-round, month by month. Row and plant spacing 30 cm, sowing depth 2 cm. Tip: autumn sown, can be picked continuously through mild winter spells.
Winter salads, gourmet plates. The mild, slightly nutty flavour goes wonderfully with vinaigrette dressings.
Product details
Fruit/Flower colorGreen
Harvest time (flowering time for flower seeds)March, April, September, October, November
Row spacing (cm)30 cm
Plant spacing (cm)30 cm
Sowing timeJanuary, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Sowing depth (cm)2 cm
Seed requirement (g/10 m²)2 g/10 m²
Seeds per gram1164
Avg. germination time (days)7 days
Optimal germination temp. (°C)2 °C