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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 Marigold, Angelica and Anise 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.
Moist, well-draining — any reasonable soil
Brassica rapa (Hon Tsai Tai)
vegetableA fellow Brassicaceae — similar growing habits to Garden Cress
