Gartenkresse

Kresse kann in Folgesaaten ganzjährig gesät und geerntet werden, denn auch Aussaaten unter Glas bzw. in Schalen im Haus gelingen leicht.

An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils. For the best results, however, it requires a moist soil and also some shade during the summer to prevent it running straight to seed. Garden cress is often cultivated as a sprouted seed, there are some named varieties. It is the cress of 'mustard and cress'. A very easy and fast crop, it can be ready within 7 days from sowing the seed. It can also be grown outdoors as full grown plants and can provide fresh leaves for the salad bowl all year round from successional sowings. Plants can be overwintered outdoors to provide edible leaves all year round, though they will require some protection if temperatures fall below -5°c. This plant is cultivated in Ethiopia for the edible oil from its seed.

Edible Parts: Leaves Oil Oil Shoots Edible Uses: Condiment Oil Oil Young leaves - raw or cooked. A hot cress-like flavour, it makes an excellent addition (in small quantities) to the salad bowl[K]. An analysis is available. Root is used as a condiment. A hot pungent flavour, but the root is rather small and woody[K]. The fresh or dried seedpods can be used as a pungent seasoning. The seed can be sprouted in relatively low light until the shoots are a few centimetres long and then be used in salads. They take about 7 days to be ready and have a pleasantly hot flavour. An edible oil is obtained from the seed.

Oil Oil The seed yields up to 58% of an edible oil that can also be used for lighting.

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