Miner's Lettuce
Miner's Lettuce is a vegetable in the Montiaceae family. It grows best in part shade with medium moisture, and is listed for USDA zones 3-9. Plants reach harvest about 34–46 days after planting and sit about 3 inches apart.
Varieties
1 from High Mowing · sorted by days to maturity▸Claytonia34–46 days
Frost tolerant; Crunchy, juicy texture
Beautiful, tasty and very cold-hardy salad green with succulent texture and fresh flavor. Unique round to heart-shaped leaves with tender stems and tiny, white edible flowers. Ideal for winter hoophouses; will survive frost and multiple cuttings. 47M seeds/oz. MÂCHE - Valerianella locusta
Growing notes: Days to maturity are from from direct seeding. Specialty greens are a broad category of leafy plants, many of which are cold hardy and fast growing. Crops in this group are gaining popularity due to their ease of culture and unique flavors and colors.
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Plant spacing
In a square-foot bed, space miner's lettuce about 3 in apart — that fits 16 plants in each 1-foot square (4×4). Wider rows or containers space the same.
Plan your miner's lettuce planting
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Storing & preserving
Best used right away — quality drops fast. Refrigerate in a bag with a paper towel; best within a week.
- Freeze: Cooking greens freeze after blanching; salad greens don't.
General home-preservation guidance — for tested processing times and safety, follow the National Center for Home Food Preservation.
Growing timeline
Care & troubleshooting
No curated care & troubleshooting advice for miner's lettuce yet. Our extension-sourced library currently focuses on common edible crops; we're expanding it over time.