Watercress

Azhael · Feb 16, 2011

Cheers, oceanblue!
I need to get my hands on some of these...I can see great applications for a naturalistic tank for raising limited amounts of juveniles of certain species in a shallow water environment. All that cover and surface is just ideal. Nasturtium officinale, we´ll meet soon!

Bellabelloo · Feb 16, 2011

I suspect its light. The potted ones are on the far side of the tank, the free floating escapee is right under a light.

FRANCOIS said:
I tried free floating but it did not work well... maybe was an issue with lighting. Maybe Bella has a trick I don't know
Glad to see I am not the only watercress nut on the block ;-)

FRANCOIS · Feb 16, 2011

ET VOILA !!!
Tonite I will have watercress soup by the way.... :smile:

"Potage de Cresson"

eldaldo · Feb 17, 2011

wonderful pictures Francios! Are those rooted in any substrate? and after reading ocean blue's comment I am going to look for some next time I go to the Grcoery Store. I'll keep you updated as to how it works.

Logan · Feb 17, 2011

After keeping up with this post I decided to look for some seeds today. I found and bought a packet labeled Organic Cress Seeds. So would you guys think this is going to be watercress or slap it in a pot and see what happens? The package has a picture that looks a lot like your photos but doesn't elude to it being watercress. Anyway, we will see if I found it. If not ill just keep looking.
Logan

FRANCOIS · Feb 17, 2011

Yes they grow in dirt submerged just slightly by water.

FRANCOIS · Feb 17, 2011

Logan said:
After keeping up with this post I decided to look for some seeds today. I found and bought a packet labeled Organic Cress Seeds. So would you guys think this is going to be watercress or slap it in a pot and see what happens? The package has a picture that looks a lot like your photos but doesn't elude to it being watercress. Anyway, we will see if I found it. If not ill just keep looking.
Logan

When I bought my first watercress last June or July (anything u see on the pics is the result of propagation) it was in a small pot of dirt... Watercress does not need to grow in H2O but in that case the dirt must be moist at all time. I am quite sure you bought the right thing....

Logan · Feb 17, 2011

Thanks I hope your right. I put the seeds in some moist soil mixed with cocofiber and when I get some plants going strong I will try to move some to water and hope for the best. Thanks for all the info this is a great thread.
Logan

BouBou · Feb 21, 2011

Hi!
In western Poland watercress can be quite common in certain spots. I find them in moist forest ground next to the stream:

I used watercress in some plant-tanks and in my instance, in mud-cultivation it dies after bloom:

I have put some of watercress under water and plants that weren't under water before I took them home died. Two months ago I found a lot of this specie in stream of Adršpach-Teplice Rocks. :happy:

Greetings!

Mark · Feb 26, 2011

It's been a week since buying a £1 bag of water cress from a supermarket. It was hacked up into bite size salad chunks so I wasn't expecting much from the cuttings. I placed a few promising looking pieces into a water filled wine glass on the kitchen windowsill. The rest went in the outdoor tubs.

You can see that roots are growing well and new foliage is appearing. The cuttings outside are also rooting but they grow slower in the cold.

Azhael · Feb 26, 2011

I just found out my parents have some on the fridge, i´m off to raid them!

Edit: false alarm...they HAD some...argh! xD

FRANCOIS · Feb 26, 2011

Send them back to the store and raid the fridge again

Bellabelloo · Feb 26, 2011

I do like Mark's artistic watercress.
I wonder how may different varieties there are. I tried one a year or so ago, which was delicious, but it never rooted in the tank. I got some more that is sold for outdoor ponds and this was much happier. I have seen packets of seed watercress which you grow just in damp soil. All seem slightly different.

BouBou · Mar 30, 2011

EDIT: those plants on my photographs are Cardamine amara

aramcheck · Mar 31, 2011

Just stumbled across that thread, I might have to see if I can emulate Mark's method...
On the other hand, it will be hard not to wisk a vinaigrette and do what Azhael's folks did

allegoriest · Apr 14, 2011

Wait... You can grow watercress at home?
And I am not eating delicious sandwiches? D:

I want to grow some outside now in my container ponds. Maybe it can give more cover, and stop me from losing gallons to evaporation everyday. @_@

Can I just like, throw the seeds in there? Once I find seeds and all...

Of course, I've been known to kill duckweed, so, this might not work for me. D:

allegoriest · May 13, 2011

I have doubleposted. ;__;

I bought some watercress at the store, made a sandwhich, and decided to see if I could use them like bunched plants at fish stores.

And you CAN. I gathered some stems up, tied them together and planted them in outside ponds. I carelessly threw the rest into my angelfish tank and they floated around. Now I have all these little shoots coming up out of the water~ And one of the smaller angels loves them.

Also, it was CHEAP. I paid like $2, ate some, and had PLENTY left for the fishies. Why haven't I done this before?

Yahilles · May 13, 2011

Recently in mountains i collected another species of watercress- Cardamine amara (or another Cardamine species) which i believe might be commonly mistakened with Nasturtium officinale. I put some stems in very small jar with water in the window, and it seems to be growing nicely. A lovely plant! Some photos in situ:

Azhael · Jul 19, 2011

Aha! I finally got my hands on some watercress. No roots yet, but i´m hoping it will do well.

Bellabelloo · Jul 20, 2011

Azhael said:
Aha! I finally got my hands on some watercress. No roots yet, but i´m hoping it will do well.

Did you raid your parents fridge ?

Watercress

Site Contributor

Julia

New member

Attachments

Member

Member

New member

New member

Member

New member

Administrator

Attachments

Site Contributor

New member

Julia

New member

Member

New member

New member

New member

Attachments

Site Contributor

Julia