Content
- The garden cress in the profile
- A profile for garden cress
- Grow garden cress
- The health aspect of garden cress
- The nutritional values of garden cress
- Tips
The garden cress can be harvested already 5 to 7 days after sowing
The garden cress in the profile
Garden cress is tasty, healthy and easy to pull by yourself. In the following, we have compiled the most important key data for garden cress and their care program for you, so that your sowing becomes a success.
A profile for garden cress
Grow garden cress
Garden cress grows, unlike the name suggests, not only in the garden but virtually everywhere and even on a variety of substrates. Garden cress thrives not only in soil but also on cotton wool, cellulose or other surfaces where the roots find support. Find out how to sow and harvest your garden cress here.
The health aspect of garden cress
Garden cress contains many healthy nutritional values in high concentration. Moreover, it is almost always consumed fresh, so that hardly any nutrients are lost through storage.
Garden cress has a preventative and supportive effect against several diseases and health problems:
The nutritional values of garden cress
Garden cress is best consumed fresh, because it is not long storable. Then it also contains the most nutritional values. The garden cress contains per 100 grams:
Tips
Do not harvest all the garden cress in the garden during the summer, but leave one part so that it forms flowers and then seeds. These can be consumed directly or used for the next sowing.