🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🥕 Garden Cress
Lepidium sativum
vegetables
Annual
Brassicaceae
☀️ Sun
Partial Shade
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
3-10
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Moist, rich
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
2-4 in
📐 Height
6-12 in
🤝 Companions (3)
🤝 Lettuce
Quick cress between slower lettuce
🤝 Radish
Both ultra-fast crops for quick harvests
🤝 Tomato
Cool-season under tomato before they shade out
⚠️ Keep Apart (3)
⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Mint
Aggressive mint competes for resources
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees
📝 Growing Notes
Fastest crop possible - ready in 10-15 days. Peppery tang. Grow on damp paper towels.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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