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.
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.
| WEIGHT | N/A |
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| 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 |