Lambs Lettuce Dark Green Full Heart (Valerianella locusta) seeds

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Lamb's Lettuce 'Dark Green Full Heart' (Valerianella locusta) seeds

Very undemanding lettuce variety for autumn/ winter with a great nutty taste. Vitamins in the cold season.
Contents: Approx. 2000 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

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Lamb’s lettuce (or sometimes known as Corn Salad) is a hardy small leafed salad variety deriving from the valerian plant family. It belongs to the few last wintergreens doing well in the vegetable patch, during winter dormancy from late autumn till early springtime. Packed with nutrients and rich in vitamins this distinctively nutty tasting salad plant is the home-grown highlight on your plate during wintertime.
When protected with some branches, a winter fleece or cultivated in an unheated greenhouse, lamb's lettuce continuously provides a source of fresh greens, sometimes even enduring temperatures down to -15 °C. Best of all, this annual plant is extremely modest and hardly needs any plant care. We only advise you not to pick leaves in a frozen state, as they tend to wither and decrease in volume otherwise. Another interesting fact about lamb’s lettuce is that is has only been cultivated for less than a century and was only known in its wild form before that time.

Sachet with approx. 2000 lamb’s lettuce seeds

Plant description

Lifecycle:	Annual
Climate:	Temperate
Eventual height:	20-60 cm
Flowering months:	April May
Flower colour:	White
Special features:	Needs light to germinate Open-pollinated
Species:	Valerianaceae
Winter hardiness zones:	6 (-23 bis -18 °C)

Growing advice

Sowing depth:	0 cm
When to sow outdoors:	August September
Germination time:	1-2 weeks
Germination temperature:	15-20°C
Planting distance:	10 cm
Sunlight:	Full sun
Water requirement:	Medium

Broadcast sow from July to September directly outdoors, only slightly covered with soil. Optimum germination temperature is between +16 -18 °C. Above +20 °C, lamb's lettuce germinates poorly or not at all. Harvesting is possible all throughout the winter, as long as the rosettes are not frozen. During dry frost periods without any snow we recommend to cover the plants.

Other names

Botanical name:	Valerianella locusta, V. olitoria
German names:	Vogerlsalat, Nüsslisalat, Ackersalat, Mausohrsalat, Nüsschen, Nüssler, Sonnewirbele, Rapunzel
French names:	Blanchette, Boursette, Clairette, Raiponce, Oreillette, Oreille-De-Lièvre, Valérianelle, Valérianelle Cultivée, Herbe des Chanoines, Salade de Blé, Doulcéta, Doucette, Gallinette, Romande, Rampon, Ramponnet
English names:	Lamb's Lettuce, Mâche, Fetticus, Nut Lettuce, Field Salad, Rapunzel
Spanish names:	Alfaces, Canónigos, Dulceta, Hierba de los Canónigos, Lechuga de Cordero, Valeriana Comestible, Valerianilla Portuguesa, Yerba de Canónigos, Yerba del Canónigo, Yerba de los Canónigos
Italian names:	Valeriana, Valerianella, Soncino, Songino