Kings Seeds Cress Plain/Common
Plain Cress seeds has all the attributes of the curled variety but a slightly stronger flavour with different leaf formation to give variation and texture to a salad. It is a dual purpose type that can be grown indoors on your window sill or, broadcast directly into your soil outside.
Please note this is a seed.
When to Sow Plain Cress Seeds
– All year round
Where to Sow
– Can be sown in compost in small punnets, on soaked tissue paper on a saucer or broadcast in small blocks in the garden
What to do next
Keep the growing medium wet at all times. Window sill sowings should be thinned every day, snap the seedlings near the base as required.
Maturity
– Should be ready within two weeks of sowing
Handy tip
Cress for salad garnishing is an all year crop but in the midst of winter use warm water and move away from cold windows nutritional values rich vitamins b c