Mr Fothergills Mustard & Cress Seed (1)

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Consumers commonly acquire cress as seeds or (in Europe) from markets as boxes of young live shoots. If it’s the middle of winter and there’s nothing much going on in the vegetable garden, or you want some easy and ultra-fresh salad greens, or a rainy day project to help keep the kids occupied, then try growing mustard and cress!L. sativum is often used in experiments to teach biology to students in schools; the plant grows readily on damp paper or cotton, and its fast germination and development time makes it useful in demonstrating plant growth. In the United Kingdom, cut cress shoots are commonly used in sandwiches with boiled eggs and mayonnaise. You can crowd them in – they’re not going to grow big enough to need any space, and you want plenty to harvest. To boost the nutritional value of microgreens include extra-virgin olive oil with your meal as the presence of oil helps improve the bioavailability of the fat-soluble nutrients in microgreens (carotenoids, vitamin E, and vitamin K).

Fresh and peppery, mustard cress is ideal in sandwiches and salads for added kick or also great as a garnish.Mustard can be grown in trays of compost or on the surface of pads of cotton wool, flannel, kitchen towel etc. A delicious salad and sandwich ingredient, Mustard Cress takes up little space and a very small amount of your time. If you want to grow mustard and cress to harvest them at the same time, then you need to sow the mustard 3-4 days ahead, because mustard seedlings grow faster. Place the growing medium in a small container or saucer and moisten well, then spread the seed thickly over the surface. In some regions, garden cress is known as mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort, pepper grass, or poor man's pepper.

Among dietary minerals, manganese levels are high (26% DV) while several others, including potassium and magnesium, are in moderate content (table). Whilst every care has been taken to ensure this information is correct, the data contained here has been supplied by the respective brand owners and Creed Foodservice is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of this data. Cress, sometimes referred to as garden cress to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress, is a rather fast-growing, edible herb. If you sow your seeds in the morning then they may have started to germinate by bedtime – small white roots will be visible. Cress ( Lepidium sativum), sometimes referred to as garden cress (or curly cress) to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress (from old Germanic cresso which means sharp, spicy), is a rather fast-growing, edible herb.

I'm a peat-free, organic gardener, but I'm also fascinated by hydroponics and the more high-tech ways of feeding people. It is also eaten as sprouts, and the fresh or dried seed pods can be used as a peppery seasoning ( haloon). Keep the seeds dark until after germination and then move to a warm well lit spot ensuring that the medium stays moist. Children find it fascinating to watch it grow as in only a few days it produces healthy and nutritious food. Sometimes especially in the organic range we are lucky enough to spot the true mustard and cress and supply this whenever possible.

If you want something a bit milder, look for oilseed rape (canola) seeds – they can be grown the same way.Public Notice: We have become aware that some SEO companies are redirecting domains not owned by us to this site.