Land Cress

Vegetable

• Crops in : 35 Days
• Ideal for : Children

Description

Tasty water cress substitute, Land Cress is ready in 7-8 weeks. Sow seeds from early spring onwards, over-winters too. Vitamin, iron and calcium rich cress which tastes almost like watercress but has a smaller leaf providing a continuous supply over a long period. Salad Leaves Land Cress is easy to grow and does best in a cool moist soil and part shade.

 Customer Rating

Reviews
wonderful land cress
By abbe davies 21-08-2011
Fantastic peppery addition to salads, extremely easy to grow, especially useful for growing in the damp shady areas where other crops struggle, seems to suffer little or no interest from pests, useful as an overwintered crop under a little cover, fantastic!

seeds
By hilary alexander 15-10-2010
excellent.

Sowing Instructions

Sow seeds thinly in late summer and autumn broadcast or in drills 1cm (½in) deep spaced 30cm(12in) apart. Sowings can be made also in the spring but the plants will need to be watered regularly.

Growing Instructions

Thin out to 10cm (4in) apart and keep weed free.

Aftercare

Cut the cress regularly while it is still fresh and young and this will encourage more growth. It is very hardy and if covered with a cloche will provide pickings through the winter.