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🥦 Garden Cress

Lepidium sativum
vegetables Annual Brassicaceae
Garden Cress plant photo
☀️ 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
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone

🤝 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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