It is not for nothing that cress is often the first plant that children grow themselves in biology class or as a class project. Rearing is easy. Even impatient contemporaries enjoy it, because it only takes a few days until the harvest.

Grow cress in the garden or on the windowsill

Cress produces edible leaves very quickly both outdoors and indoors on the windowsill. Cultivation in the garden takes a little longer than on the windowsill. This is due to the higher temperatures that normally prevail in the house.

Unlike most other plants, cress does not only grow on soil. It can even be sown on cotton wool, kitchen paper or paper towels.

Sowing on cotton wool or kitchen paper has great advantages indoors, because these bases are not contaminated by germs or mold spores, so that the cress does not go moldy as quickly.

Which location is most suitable?

  • In the garden sunny or partially shaded
  • As bright as possible in the house
  • Avoid direct sunlight

A cress bed in the window should be as bright as possible. The plants tolerate direct sun only to a limited extent, as they dry out very quickly due to the heat.

Provide enough moisture

Moisture is the biggest problem when caring for cress. The soil or subsoil must be constantly moist so that the seeds and later the plants do not dry out.

When growing indoors, the moisture content of the plant substrate should be checked daily with your fingers and the cress should be watered if necessary. When the water is in the pot, the excess water is carefully poured off.

In the garden too, care must be taken to ensure that the plants are neither too dry nor too damp.

Cress is ready to harvest very quickly

Indoors, the cress is ready to harvest after just a few days. When growing in the garden, it takes a little longer before you can harvest the cress.

tips and tricks

If you want to grow your cress entirely from your own harvest, you should leave a few plants in the garden. They form flowers, which later develop into pods with seeds. However, it is not possible to harvest seeds from the plants on the window sill because the flowers are not pollinated.

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Vegetable garden