WATER CRESS
Watercress is one of those leafy greens that makes you sound snooty and
rich when you order a soup, salad, or sandwich. However, it is easy and
quick to grown (12 to 20 days from seed), and provides vitamins and minerals.
How it became associated with afternoon teas and bridge luncheons is not
fully known.
Cress, as it is sometimes called, is a hardy salad/sandwich green that
prefers growing in cool seasons - early spring and late fall.
Sow ten to fifteen (10 to 15) seeds per foot of row every two (2) weeks
starting as soon as the ground can be worked. Plantings sown after May
31 usually bolt or produce a flower head quickly. However, additional plantings
can resume after Labor Day and continue until Thanksgiving if the ground
is not frozen. Later plantings may not grow as fast and could be killed
by severe temperatures.
See: Winter Cress
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