Organic Corn Salad VIT Seeds

£2.90

Seeds Organically produced in Cornwall. Vigorous variety for spring and autumn crops as well as overwintering. Deliciously tender glossy leaves with a mild minty flavour.

Corn Salad, also known as Lamb’s Lettuce, is a very useful and hardy salad plant. It has soft green leaves with a nutty flavour.
It is an annual and can withstand very low temperatures so can be grown outside in the garden with little protection. It has a low growing habit.
It has long been recorded as being cultivated as a valuable winter salad containing vitamin C, beta-carotene, B6, iron, and potassium. It is pretty amazing to be able to pick nutritious green salad from your garden during the winter months.

  • 500 seeds per packet average
  • Sow July to October
£2.90

HOW TO GROW

Sow directly into well-prepared ground or a good quality Top Soil by broadcasting the seed and raking it over gently. Sow any time from July until October.
Thin plants as they grow to 10-15 cm apart.
Harvest from September until March taking single leaves or the whole plant.

Pests and diseases:
Corn salad suffers very little from pests or diseases. Young plants can be damaged by slugs and powdery mildew can cause problems in certain conditions.