Why it works so well

Cress is an ideal catch crop

Every hobby gardener tries to plant all vegetable patches continuously. This prevents the soil from being washed out by rain and weeds from growing.

Cress is the ideal catch crop for sowing the ground outdoors for a short time. It's growing so fast you can almost watch it.

The leaves of the cress form a thick carpet that protects the soil from erosion and also prevents weeds from emerging.

Simply submerge cress after harvest

As soon as the cress has formed several pairs of leaves, it can be harvested. The stems are cut as deep as possible.

The roots remain in the ground and slowly decay there. This loosens the soil well and also provides it with nutrients.

If you don't all Harvest cress because you have simply sown too much, simply dig the plants under before re-sowing the bed.

The advantage of cress over green manure plants

Hobby gardeners are available to a number of Green manure plants to disposal. This includes:

• Phacelia
• lupine
• mustard
• Oil radish
• cress

The advantage of cress as a catch crop is that the herb grows much faster and can also be sown at the beginning of autumn.

In contrast to other catch crops, the Cress leaves as a spice Use in the kitchen to refine salads, quark dishes and sandwiches.

Watercress as a catch crop sowing

You should sow watercress on wetter soils. It forms larger leaves and thus offers greater protection for the soil. However, this needs Cress variety more moisture than garden cress. You may need to do them more often to water.

Tips & Tricks

Use cress as a marking seed once. If you are sowing plants that take a long time to germinate, bed maintenance is not easy. The cress seeds will emerge within two to three days, so you can easily see the rows. By the time the actual seeds can be seen, the cress has long been harvested.