Vegetable / Cool season

Vit Mache Corn Salad

Very cool shoulder-season salad beds and winter tunnel edges.

Tender rosettes with mild, nutty salad flavor.

Seed spacing and maturity

Days to maturity
50
Germination temperature
40-70F
Seed depth
0.25 inches
Spacing
4 inches
Row spacing
12 inches
Start method
Direct sow

Frost-date timing

Direct sow
42 days before last frost
Fall planting
8 weeks before first frost
Succession interval
repeat every 14 days

Growing profile

Sun
Full sun to part shade
Water
Keep the seedbed moist during cool germination.
Soil
Moist, well-drained soil with moderate fertility.
Watch
Warm soil delays germination and shortens harvest quality.
  • greens
  • cool-season
  • salad
  • containers

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Source: UMN planting the vegetable garden