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Sign up freeLepidium sativum
herb
Bees
Butterflies
Pest controlFastest crop in the garden — ready 14 days from sowing. Peppery flavour like mustard. Succession-sow every week. Excellent on windowsills.
🐛 Prone to: Flea beetles, Aphids.
Attract Ground beetles, Parasitic wasps, Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds to keep them in check — plant African MarigoldGood, AngelicaGreat and AniseGreat nearby.
🌼 Beneficial companion — draws Hoverflies, Parasitic wasps that help control Aphids, Whitefly, Thrips, Caterpillars, Flea beetles, Colorado potato beetle, Stink bugs, Leaf miners on neighbouring plants.
Brassica rapa var. perviridis
vegetableA fellow Brassicaceae — similar growing habits to Garden Cress
Direct-sow Garden Cress outdoors about 2 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 3 days. Grow in partial sun, spaced about 5 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 14 days.
Water: Medium · Height: 15 cm · Soil: Moist, well-draining — any reasonable soil
