Cress plant

How to grow Cress plant growing and care:

Slightly alkaline, moist soil

What is the best way to start growing?
Seedling / Seed

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No

Difficulties or problems when growing:
?

Planting season:
Autumn-winter – frost free area / Spring – temperate climate, if grown for sprout can be indoor all year

Pests and diseases:
Pieris (butterfly), prodenia (Spodoptera), slugs

Pruning season:
All season

How to prune:
Recommend to cut the blossom

Size of the plant?
40-60 cm, 16-24 inches

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing

Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Half Shade / Full Shade

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
Yes

Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
No

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Spring / Summer

General information about the flower
Small white with pinkish hue flowers grow in clusters

Pollination is done by:
Bees

Edible leaves

Leaves harvesting season:
In frost area spring-summer in frost free autumn-winter

How to harvest the leaves?
After the plant establish can be cut in the base of the leaf

Information about leaves:
Leaves edible the shape pinnatisect deep lobes with oval top in the color green grow in radial structure

Uses of Cress plant leaves:
Eaten raw, salad. Sprout: salad, stir fry

Scientific name:

Lepidium sativum