The ideal winter salad item.
This versatile, vigorous, mildew-resistant variety is excellent at a time of year when greens become scarce. Long, oval, glossy green leaves form tight rosettes. Flavor is mild and slightly nutty. Unsized seeds. Packet: 500 seeds.
Plant Cycle: (A) Days to Maturity or Bloom: 50
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Disease Resistance:
No disease information found.
Growing Information:
Greens, Mache
CULTURE: Mache, also known as "corn salad" or "lamb's lettuce", grows well in cool or mild weather conditions. Mache can be planted anytime soil temperatures range from 41-68°F (5-20°C). Do not sow if soil temperatures have exceeded 68°F (20°C). At temperatures greater than 70°F (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 1" apart in rows 4-18" apart. Mache germinates slowly in 10-14 days.
HARVEST: Cut young rosettes (entire plants) at the root attachment when 2-3" tall. Mache can be used alone, or as a component of a salad mix.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: 750'/oz., 5 1/4 lb./acre at 36 seeds/ft. in rows 12" apart. Up to double this rate is often used.
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/OZ.: Avg. 17,000.
PACKET: 500 seeds sows 16' at 30 seeds/ft.
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Cold Tolerant Variety does well at lower temperatures and may even be frost hardy. |
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Performs well in greenhouses Variety does especially well when started in, or grown in, a greenhouse environment. |
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Salad Mix Component A mixture of lettuce and greens with different colors, flavors and textures, harvested at a tender, baby, bite-size stage. For fresh salads. |