Extra Curled Pepper Grass Seeds (Mustard Group) 1500
Extra Curled Pepper Grass Seeds (Mustard Group) 1500 Heirloom Vegetable. Seed is quick to sprout, soon forming small stems of lacy deep green leaves that make a delicious addition to salads, sandwiches, omelettes and mixed vegetable dishes. Sow seed every 2 weeks right through the season for a continuous supply of this little beauty. Best harvested when young for top flavour and tenderness. During winter, this variety can be easily grown in containers set in a bright window.
How to Grow
600 seed/gram. Cress grows best in cooler weather and flourishes in a moist soil that is fertile and highly organic. Select a site that is bright, but has some shelter from the hot, direct afternoon sun. Sow seed 6 mm (1/4"") deep. Keep cress well watered and the soil moist. Never let it dry out. One packet sows approximately 10 m (33') of row.
Additional information
| WEIGHT | N/A |
|---|---|
| DIMENSIONS | N/A |
| LIFECYCLE |
Annual |
| PROPAGATION |
Start Indoors or Sow Direct in Spring |
| DAYS TO EMERGENCE |
5 to 10 |
| LIGHT |
Bright Indirect |
| GROWTH HABIT |
Bushy |
| HEIGHT |
Low to Medium (75 to 30 cm)(3"" to 12"") |
| FROST TOLERANCE |
Killed by Frost |
| DAYS TO HARVEST |
25 |
| DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY |
Easy |
| HERITAGE |
Heirloom |
| LENGTH OF ROW PACKET |
One packet sows approximately 10 m (33') of row. |
| FAMILY NAME |
Brassicaceae |
| LATIN |
Lepidium sativum |
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