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Garden cress

Garden cress

Product number: 536150
Origin: Middle East
Latin: Lepidium sativum

This versatile plant is a relative of the well-known garden cress, but far less known, so for many, it's a pleasant discovery! Its serrated and bumpy leaves look elegant in a mixed salad. The taste: spicy and aromatic. It grows almost everywhere, even in pots. If you let this garden cress grow beyond the first cotyledon, the beautiful serration will develop. The young leaves are delicious in salads. When grown outdoors in summer, they will flower and then form graceful silver-green pods on 40-50 cm long stems, very attractive to use in bouquets instead of ornamental grasses! For strong stem development, give them a bit more space from each other.

Names:
Latin: Lepidium sativum
Dutch: Druppeltjeskruid
Also: Tuinkers
English: Garden cress

Sowing method: All year round! - For growing microgreens: first rinse the seeds thoroughly, sow them densely in a bright spot and harvest when the seedlings are 5 cm tall. Grows on wet cotton wool, kitchen paper, soil, in short, anything that retains moisture. - For growing the curled leaves: sow the plants in a larger pot or from April in the garden, planting distance 10-20 cm - For growing the ornamental fruits on long stems: sow from April directly into the ground in rows, row spacing 30 cm.

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