Comments on: How to Grow Watercress https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/ a culinary genealogy Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Bill https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510162 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:40:08 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510162 In reply to Deon Matzen.

Hi Deon, would love to try the hydroponic growing method – enjoy!

]]> By: Bill https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510161 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:38:54 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510161 In reply to Kathy Ting.

Hi Kathy, thank-you for sharing that fact!

]]> By: Bill https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510160 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:38:23 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510160 In reply to Bonnie C..

Hi Bonnie, I agree that it’s always true that you should be aware of the quality of the water source. By suspect, I assume that you mean you think water may have been contaminated by industry?

]]> By: Bill https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510158 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:30:32 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510158 In reply to Andy.

Hi Andy, I would love to try growing wasabi but the climate we live in here in the Northeast is too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter

]]> By: Bill https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510157 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:27:37 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510157 In reply to Walter.

Hi Walter, thanks for sharing your comments from the islands! Now get to the garden shop and start your watercress :)

]]> By: Bill https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510148 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:47:15 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510148 In reply to Joanne.

Hi Joanne, yes, leaves will grow and sprout for the first few days to 1 week, but then the plants sitting in water will languish, so they need to be planted when you start seeing the roots. I have not experimented with hydroponic growing yet, but that is on my long list of things to do!

]]> By: Joanne https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510122 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:18:10 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510122 Will leaves grow out of the stems rooting in water?

]]> By: Deon Matzen https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510117 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:16:13 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510117 We love watercress, but I have never used it cooked. It gets out of hand here. I start it from seed in my hydroponic float bed in the greenhouse and have to give it a violent haircut about once a week or it would take over the whole float. Two plants keep us going. Love this stuff and ours seems to have a very peppery taste that is great on a bacon and avocado sandwich!

]]> By: Kathy Ting https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510116 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:52:34 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510116 Watercress has just been listed as the World’s most nutritious vegetable with a score of 100 for nutritional density in the CDC’s scale o 0-100 as reported in Bottomline’s most recent article

]]> By: Bonnie C. https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comment-510113 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:41:12 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221#comment-510113 I grew watercress from seed last year & it did quite well in a large terracotta bowl placed in a plastic tray (from a large sushi/sashimi order – lol) that I kept filled with water.

One caveat about growing watercress in a stream (or picking it from one in the wild) is that you have to be ABSOLUTELY SURE of the source & quality/safety of the water. There was plenty of watercress growing wild in NY where I used to live & plenty here in VA where I now reside, but the quality/safety of the water it’s growing in is extremely suspect re: safety, so I never partake.

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