One could even say that you or your child would have to make a lot of effort so that the cress seed does not produce a dense green meadow within a short time.
Buy cress seeds
You can find cress seeds in the nearest garden shop or in the supermarket, but you can also have the seeds conveniently come into your home. This is definitely worthwhile in terms of price if you are so enthusiastic after the first attempts at cultivation that you want to harvest fresh greens more often.
Then you could order 1 kg of cress seeds for just under 20 euros, e.g. B. at the Samen-Frese.de Nachf. Hans-Jörg Durstewitz eK from 49124 Georgsmarienhütte under www.samen-frese.de. A seed sachet usually contains 10 g of cress seeds and costs between € 0.70 and € 2.30, if you order a kilogram, you have purchased 100 x 10 g for 18.99 and not for sums between 70 and
Fresh cress seeds can germinate for 3 to 4 years if stored correctly. 10 g is enough for one Cress cultivationwhich yields between 50 and 100 grams. This harvest can easily be used up by a family in a day; from this point of view, 1 kg does not appear to be an oversized supply.
Sow cress
This seed is now sown on everything that does not contain any pollutants, provides support for the cress roots and can hold moisture well. You can of course sow your cress in soil if you want, but it will grow just as well on a layer of cotton wool or kitchen paper or plant fleece. You can also handle the documents in which the Plant substrate is given. From the flat bowl to the lid of the jar of pickles that you have just consumed, many things can be used as a base.
- The substrate is well moistened, then you can apply the seeds and distribute them as evenly as possible.
- If you pour boiling water over your planting substrate before sowing, you can be pretty sure that no fungi or fleas will settle.
- In the next few days you should watch the seeds and spray them with sufficient water, they must neither dry out nor rot in excess moisture.
- The seeds will germinate the very next day, after a week or a little later they will Cress plants five to six centimeters high and therefore ready for harvest.
- The harvest is done with sharp scissors, you simply hold the plant pot at a slight angle, so you can cut the harvest directly onto the bread if you wish.
Ingredients of cress
There are several reasons why you should provide your family with plenty of cress: cress contains a lot of vitamin C, vitamin E and some B vitamins, as well as iron, iodine, calcium and potassium. Essential oils and bitter substances
If you want to lose a few pounds, cress is also a good companion, it contains less than 20 calories per 100 grams, a lot of protein, few carbohydrates and hardly any fat.
This is how you can use cress
Cress adds a little extra flavor to many types of sandwiches, such as: B. Cheese sandwiches or sandwiches, but many people also try completely different combinations:
- A simple liver sausage bread becomes a taste explosion with cress and a few drops of sweet and sour chili sauce.
- You can add cress very well to many salads, wherever you could think of mustard as a spice, cress can also be used well.
- Cress spices up the herb quark, which is often much too boringly seasoned, as well as many egg dishes.
- Warm egg dishes are sprinkled with cress after the cooking process, if you have harvested larger quantities, a cress foam soup is also really tasty.
