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Watercress Aqua Seeds

Botanical Name: Nasturtium officinale
  • Packed with goodness, fresh flavour and peppery bite
  • Easy to grow for salads, garnishes or mature leafy harvests
  • Fresh kitchen garden ingredient ready all year round
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Watercress Aqua Seeds are easy to grow and produce fresh peppery leaves packed with flavour and goodness. Harvest young as baby salad leaves or allow plants to mature for a stronger taste and fuller texture. Suitable for containers, trays and moist growing conditions, this versatile crop is perfect for salads, sandwiches and garnishes all year round.

Key information

Botanical Name: Nasturtium officinale
Genus: Nasturtium
Plant Class: Hardy Perennial

Characteristics & growing conditions

Plant Height: Height 15cm Spread 40cm
Colour: Green
Habitat: Ground Cover,Spreading
Position: Partial Shade and Dappled Shade
Attractive to: Attractive To Pollinators
Outdoor sowing: Sow March-August thinly in rows 25cm apart in a prepared bed or large pots. Cover lightly with fine soil and keep moist. Seedlings appear in 7-14 days. Sow every 2-3 weeks for continuous crops. Leave unthinned for baby leaves or thin mature plants to 20cm apart. Keep plants well watered at all times. Harvest April-November by picking leaves regularly or cutting whole mature plants.

Recommended growing locations.

Container
Pots
Patio
Indoors
Sow Indoors
Sow Outside
Flowers / Harvest

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