American Land Cress

[Jillyreeves]

I love watercress both in salads and for making soup, so I researched in on the web but have decided to American Land Cress instead.

I have my seed and want to get it planted this week, but before I do I thought I would ask if anyone here has any good advise of tips to share with me.

[Eyren]

I have some seed, but I'm not planning on sowing it until the end of the summer - I'm following Charles Dowding's advice on what to sow when for best results. I can't remember why he recommends late sowing, though - will have to look it up when I get home...

[dammad49]

Very tasty, but dont let it go to seed or you'll be surrounded by it!

[TEB]

Tend to treat it like lettuce, did go to seed quite quickly IIRC

[Jillyreeves]

I love watercress both in salads and for making soup, so I researched in on the web but have decided to American Land Cress instead.

I have my seed and want to get it planted this week, but before I do I thought I would ask if anyone here has any good advise of tips to share with me.

Not managed to get this in yet been to busy clearing my plot.

Have decided to grown this in a container for now and see how I get on, anyone grown it this way?

[Flummery]

I grew a small patch on my first allotment. A couple of rows of that and a couple of lamb's lettuce were really good and productive for a long time. It's lovely and spicy - great in a sandwich.

[ricwiley]

Hi - just get some in. I grow it all year round and on Saturday we had fresh picked land cress and rocket for tea (with other things as well). Both these were sown in October or November in little plug trays and then planted out with 4 to a 30 cm by 30 cm mini plot. Some of the land cress was covered with a cloche. Some wasn't and I cannot see any difference.

It has withstood everything the winter has thrown at it and in the shade of a fence as well and this included 3 days of frost where it never cleared and 6 days under the cover of snow. The leaves are getting bigger than I would normally eat them but all this has done is intensify the flavour.

Land cress is fantastic. Grow some and 2 weeks later grow some more and so on and you will always have a crop.

As I mentioned, I put 4 in a small mini plot and start them off in little cells.

I planted some out over the weekend and put some more seeds in tonight so I usually have a constant suppy. The same applies to rocket as well.

Cheers

[rana]

I have had a similar experience to Ricwiley, the plant seems bomb proof. I had some on the veg plot last year and it has easily survived the winter and is growing away strongly now.

I do find the taste on the bitter side of peppery so I mix it with other leaves in salads, but there are friends who love it

[Jillyreeves]

Hi - just get some in. I grow it all year round and on Saturday we had fresh picked land cress and rocket for tea (with other things as well). Both these were sown in October or November in little plug trays and then planted out with 4 to a 30 cm by 30 cm mini plot. Some of the land cress was covered with a cloche. Some wasn't and I cannot see any difference.

It has withstood everything the winter has thrown at it and in the shade of a fence as well and this included 3 days of frost where it never cleared and 6 days under the cover of snow. The leaves are getting bigger than I would normally eat them but all this has done is intensify the flavour.

Land cress is fantastic. Grow some and 2 weeks later grow some more and so on and you will always have a crop.

As I mentioned, I put 4 in a small mini plot and start them off in little cells.

I planted some out over the weekend and put some more seeds in tonight so I usually have a constant suppy. The same applies to rocket as well.

Cheers

Thank you Ric - great advice

[Demeter]

This was one of the first crops I grew. Easy peasy. I liked it best when eaten as a sort of microgreen i.e. eat the seedlings. I grew all mine in window-box style containers - outdoors from about mid-April or so, indoors before that.
Reminds me, I haven't sown any yet this year!

[Jillyreeves]

Ok its sown now, now I wait :-)

[greendean]

i'm growing land cress for the first time this year. looking forward to adding to salads

[Jillyreeves]

Germinated fine in conservatory and has been outside now for about 5 days, not doing much but still looks OK.

Heres watching.

[Welsh Wizard]

Mine is in the ground and getting nibbled by something.

[Demeter]

Mine is in a big pot outside, still looking very small
grow, little ones, grow!