Corn Salad Sowing

Make small furrows not more than two cm deep spaced 20 30cm in which you sow your seeds.

Fresh salsa recipe for nachos. Spring autumn and early winter. Valerianella locusta 200 seeds. Do not sow too tight you will only keep one plant every 5cm.

Spring autumn and early winter. Ring the area with copper coffee grounds diatomaceous earth de or some other slug repellant. Sow in ordinary soil in semi shade.

Can also sow in early autumnfall for a winter crop. Warmer temperatures may deter germination. Our garden planner can produce a personalised calendar of when to sow plant and harvest for your area.

Thin to 5cm 2 apart. Like many weeds corn salad grows vigorously in almost any soil although it will produce more foliage with the addition of nitrogen rich compost or manure. Corn salad is an easy type of salad green that is easy to grow requires little space and is open to all even if all youve got is a balcony or terrace.

Starting sow 3 seeds per inch 1cm deep in rows 30cm 12 apart. The cultivation of corn salad can be done by direct sowing of seeds broadcasting in rows. Keep the distance of 6 8 inches between each plant and sow seeds 12 inch deep.

The seeds will germinate in about 7 20 days. Sow seeds lightly approximately 12 deep. Seeds sprout best in cool moist soil.

You can either grow the plants by sowing seeds directly into the soil or in rows. The biggest pests for corn salad are slugs which love the tender leaves almost as much as humans do. Planting august to october.

Height 8 to 12 inches 20 to 30 cm exposure part sun soil ordinary. Corn salad plants are grown from seeds. Planting and harvesting calendar.

Name valerianella olitoria family valerianaceae type biennial. If you sow the seeds directly into the soil then do this from early spring onwards. Harvest in small batches as required.

Sow corn salad in early spring and again in september for fall and winter harvests. Germination should occur between 7 14 days. Seeds germinate in 7 21 days.

The leaves are low growing and the soil is damp in spring which makes exclusion the best slug tactic. If you sow in rows then the rows should be about 10 12 inches apart. Some seed catalogs recommend planting in spring and then spacing the sowings throughout the summer for a continuous harvest.

At a temperature of 40 70 f 5 20 c. An easy salad crop to grow and will often fit between other plants while they are still small. Heirloom open pollinated non hybrid and non gmo seeds with no chemical treatments.

Core corn salad facts.