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Lima-Kers 'Variegated Leaf'

Lima-Kers 'Variegated Leaf'

Product number: 693410
Origin: Peru
Latin: Tropaeolum nanum

Versatile and very elegant cress. The young, multicolored (yellow, white, and green) leaves already possess a subtle, spicy flavor, packed with vitamin C and a famous appetite stimulant! The elegant, freshly colored leaves remain deliciously spicy and are soon "adorned" with bright red, orange, and yellow flowers, which are just as tasty: soft in texture and pleasantly spicy. It prepares the palate for a new delicacy, making it ideal as an intermediate course, but of course also wonderful for adding more "power" and color to a salad.
This plant originates from Peru and not from Indonesia, as the Dutch name "Oost-Indische Kers" (East Indian Cress) suggests.

This variety is cultivated as a microgreen (for the young plant with cotyledons or the first true leaf). Microgreens are grown on moisture-retaining material (paper towels, cotton wool, soil). Keep dark and warm for germination, then light and cooler after germination.

Names:
Latin: Tropaeolum nanum
Dutch: Lima-Kers
Also known as: Oost-Indische Kers
English: Nasturtium

Sowing method: Sowing (as microgreens): year-round in at least 3 cm of potting soil, plant 1 cm deep. Pre-sow in pots (preferably do not transplant) from late March, or directly in the garden from late April when it is warm enough. Soak seeds overnight. The leaves and flowers are edible.

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