SCIENTIFIC NAME: Valerianella locusta
CULTURE: Mache, corn salad or lamb’s lettuce grows well in cool or mild weather conditions. Mache can be planted anytime soil temperatures range from 5-20°C. Do not sow if soil temperatures have exceeded 20°C. At temperatures greater than 21°C the seed will go dormant. In northern latitudes mache can be grown year-round utilizing open field, cold greenhouse, and high tunnel systems. In southern areas mache is adapted for open field winter production. Sow 25mm apart in rows 10-45cm apart. Mache germinates slowly in 10-14 days
HARVEST: Cut entire plants as young rosettes at the root attachment when 5-7.5cm tall. Mache can be used alone, or as a component of a salad mix
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: 250m/30g, 2.3kg/acre at 36 seeds/30cm in rows 30cm apart. Up to double this rate is reaonable
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/30g: Avg. 18,000
PACKET: 500 seeds sows 5 at 10 seeds/10cm
DAYS TO MATURITY: 60
