Corn salad

Corn salad in midwinter. Corn salad can withstand frost and can be harvested in winter and early spring.

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Today i harvested corn salad. I sowed the plants in pots last autumn and planted them outside in November, 3 plants together, some 15 cm apart in the line, rows about 40 cm apart. I gave them quite some compost as all leafy vegetables like that. Although the winter gave quite some frost, the plants survived on their own without damage. Cold months of January, February and March slowed down growth but now we have plenty of fresh salad.

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  I had kept some of the plants in a greenhouse and they are blossoming now. I plant them outside to harvest seeds later. What a tiny little flower!

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  Corn salad for harvest

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  A package of self-harvested corn salad seeds was forgotten outside.

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  Corn salad seeds

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  Corn salad in winter

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  These corn salad plants have somewhat suffered from frost but can later be harvested.

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  In a greenhouse, corn salad plants are even better protected against frost. Here shown after several weeks of freezing temperatures.

See also

• Gardening courses
• Knowledge base:Gardening

External links

• Corn salad "When cultivated in gardens, Lamb's Lettuce may be sown in rows all through the autumn, winter and early spring, so as to produce a constant succession of crops." - A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve
• Corn salad Research Topics
• Corn salad "Corn salad is a small dicot annual plant of the family Valerianaceae. It is also called Lewiston cornsalad, lamb's lettuce, fetticus, field salad, mâche, feldsalat, nut lettuce and rapunzel." - Wikipedia