Garden Cress Herb

The Seed Savers Exchange - Looking to add a little zing to your salads and sandwiches? This herb will do the trick! It flourishes whether planted in containers or in the garden, producing ruffled leaves with a refreshing peppery flavor. Quick to grow, it is also quick to bolt so consider succession sowings. 14-30 days. 

Characteristics: 

• Works well in containers or in the garden
• Refreshing peppery flavor
• Quick to grow
• 14-30 days
• 250 Seeds

Instructions - Sow seeds outdoors when soil is warm and all danger of frost has passed. Make successive sowings for continuous summer harvest. Pinch back flower stalks as they appear to keep plants from bolting. Prefers rich, well-drained soil. 

Direct Seed: 1" Apart

Direct Seed: 1/8" Deep

Germination: 5-30 Days 

Plant Outdoors Thin: 4-6" Apart

Light: Full Sun

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