Vit Green Seed

Item #HSC-GRN-051-5K

A mâche for winter salads.

Vit grows strongly, suits many uses and shrugs off mildew, filling the salad bowl in the lean months. Its glossy, elongated leaves pack into dense little rosettes that taste mild and gently nutty, with a faint rose note.

Also called lamb’s lettuce or corn salad. Unsized seed.

About 50 days from sowing. Open-pollinated.

Specs

Packet: 500 seeds
Average 14,900 seeds per oz.

In stock — 5,000 Seeds

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Quick Facts

Seed size (10 mm scale) and germination soil temperature chart for mâche — Seed size & germination

Latin Name: Valerianella locusta
Days To Maturity: 50 days
Life Cycle: Annual
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Sow into cool soil

41–68°F; warm soil stops germination.

Be patient

Seedlings take 10–14 days.

Thin to 3"

Rows 4–18" apart.

Cut whole rosettes

At 2–3" tall.

Growing Information

Scientific name

Valerianella locusta

Culture

Mâche, also called corn salad or lamb's lettuce, likes cool or mild weather. Sow whenever soil is between 5 and 20°C (41–68°F); above about 20°C the seed goes dormant, so do not sow into warm soil. In the North it can be grown year-round in the field, cold greenhouses and high tunnels; in the South it is an open-field winter crop. Germination is slow, 10–14 days.

Direct sowing

Sow 1" apart in rows 4–18" apart, and thin to 3".

Harvest

Cut whole young rosettes at the root when 2–3" tall, for salads on their own or in a mix.

Seeding rate

At 36 seeds per foot in 12" rows: about 1 oz. per 750 ft., or 5¼ lb. per acre. Many growers sow up to twice as thick.

Packet

500 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 14,900 on average.

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