Packet Content: 1600 (4.2g)
Cress Greek is a Spicy Version of Garden Cress
Something new for your salads and other healthy eating! Discovered in Greece, vigorous and fast growing, suitable for indoor and outdoor production, it can be a source of greenery all the year round. With the clean, fresh taste of Cress, followed by a slight minor shock-wave of a hot-flavoured kick, it can be used in salads, sandwiches, stir fries and as a garnish. Simply sow broadcast and cut when young.
A spicy version of garden cress that deserves to be more widely grown.
Plants exhibits a compact growth of dark green, flat dissected leaves.
Fast growing, can mature in 20-30 days from sowing.
Also quick to bolt so requires frequent successional sowings
Cultivation
Cress does not require compost to grow and you could experiment with various growing media. Sprinkle a few seeds onto the surface of blotting / toilet paper and moisten the paper and hey presto in a few days you have cress!!
It can be grown at any time of year and with a bit of imagination you and the kids can have great fun!
Suitable for the vegetable garden, allotments and containers.
Be prepared to water well and supplement feed with high-potash feed during season. Regular feeding is recommended.