There are some herbs that should not be missing in any kitchen. This includes garden cress, for example. Find out here how easy it is to plant garden cress yourself.
Rich in vitamin C, garden cress ensures lasting freshness in the kitchen because it can be grown and harvested all year round - either in the garden or on the windowsill.
The cultivation of garden cress is therefore also recommended for small hobby gardeners. You can easily introduce your children to gardening with the cress. Due to the consistently good growth of the garden cress, you will certainly quickly find fun in it!
Cultivation of garden cress
Garden cress is sown in the form of fine seeds. Suitable for sowing is fine garden soil in the vegetable patch or herb garden, a small window bowl filled with a little soil or a flower pot, but also bare kitchen paper.
To grow cress on kitchen paper, all you have to do is moisten two paper towels (possibly put them in a decorative glass bowl). You can then evenly distribute the cress seeds with a teaspoon and let them germinate.
» Tip:
Cut out the motif on kitchen paper and sow watercress on it! This can be used to create a very upbeat table decoration within about a week.
During growth, you must ensure that the kitchen paper does not dry out. This also applies if you use soil to grow cress. You must also keep these moist at all times.
Harvest garden cress
You can harvest the slightly pungent garden cress after a week. For this purpose you have to cut the cress, like many other herbs, with scissors below the fine leaves as required. Then spread on salads, bread, in homemade herb quark, on potato dishes, etc.
Important:
If you only harvest part of the fresh cress, you should continue to water the remaining plants for about 3 to 4 days (do not create waterlogging) and then harvest them as well.