General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3
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I was going through some seed catalogs I normally don't order from, and happened to see an entry for Corn Salad/Fetticus. I have never heard of this green before, but after doing some searching, it sounds like a good lettuce substitute.
Has anyone grown it, and would you/or not recommend it? |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Corn salad is also known as mache or valeriana. Its great-slow to germinate somewhat, is much slower to mature than a cutting lettuce but wonderful nutty flavor. I grow it in containers in the winter in my greenhouse or outside in the fall or spring. I live in the desert southwest.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Left Coasty
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Mache is a fabulous green, i don't grow it, as I can get good fresh stuff around here. It does make a great salad with mache, dijon mustard vinaigrette and simple garlic croutons.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Kingston, Ontario
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Absolutely fabulous, especially when grown under cover during the supposedly non-growing season. Eliot Coleman's to 'blame' for popularizing it here in NA. Much said about it (how-tos etc) in his books.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Thanks for the opinions, sounds like this is one to try! Now to find something else in that catalog to plump up the order to make the shipping cost worthwhile!
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