Cress Seeds – Introduce Kids to Planting – Fastest Growing Herb – Create Indoor Herb Garden – Growing Fun All Year Round

• SOW INDOORS: All Year-Round SOW OUTDOORS: June to August. HARVEST: When 5cm tall. APPROX SEEDS: 600
• INDOOR PLANTING: Sprinkle generously on moist kitchen roll or cotton wool, keep moist and snip off shoots when approx. 5cm tall.
• OUTDOOR PLANTING: Sprinkle generously direct onto sod, keep moist. Harvest when ready.
• CRESS: Garden cress, Lepidium sativum, is an herbaceous annual in the family Brassicaceae grown for its edible shoots and leaves which are grown as a salad green. Garden cress is a fast growing plant with many branches and narrow, oval leaves. The plant produces small pink to white flower which are 1/12 inch in diameter and form a highly clustered inflorescence. Cress is very easy to grow and care for. The plants will grow best if kept moist so the plants should be watered regularly.
• BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO GROW CRESS: Garden cress is a cool season annual and can grow in almost any type of soil as long as it is moist and rich in nutrients SOIL: Cress will grow best in a well-draining loam soil with a pH between 6.0 and 6.7. SUNLIGHT: Full sun or partial shade in areas where temperatures get very high.

Garden Cress, scientific name Lepidium sativum, is an edible fast growing herb. It is related to mustard and watercress, and they share the same peppery, tangy flavour as well as having a similar aroma. Foliage is usually medium to dark green with a fine to medium texture. Cress is easy to grow both indoors and out, whether you have just a small garden or even no outdoor space at all. Max out your kitchen garden ideas by planting cress in pots or window boxes, handy for popping into salads, soups and sauces all season.