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Water cress growing? How?
I would like to grow some watercress
Don't have stream have a tiny concrete pond about a meter round but not flowing Is it possible and where do you get seeds or plants? Thanks Rich Westerly 2219 DAVICO |
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Water cress growing? How?
Rich writes
I would like to grow some watercress Don't have stream have a tiny concrete pond about a meter round but not flowing Is it possible Easily and where do you get seeds or plants? The supermarket, if you're posting from the UK. I'm pretty sure that's where I got mine from - IIRC I just threw the bunch in. Pond owners often do this as a way of keeping algal growth down by removing some of the nitrogen. If you're planning to eat the watercress, Google on watercress and "liver fluke" and take appropriate precautions. -- Kay |
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Water cress growing? How?
On 24 Mar, 20:21, Rich wrote:
I would like to grow some watercress Don't have stream have a tiny concrete pond about a meter round but not flowing Is it possible and where do you get seeds or plants? Thanks Rich Westerly 2219 DAVICO Buy a bunch/bag of watercress and you can plant most of the stems. If you fill Large flower pots with peat based compost, top with gravel and plant the stems in into them, then stand the pots in the edge of the pond or in a container with about an inch or so of water it should grow for you. David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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Water cress growing? How?
Hi there,
You can get watercress seed that grows on dry land, no stream or pond reqd. David. "Rich" wrote in message ... I would like to grow some watercress Don't have stream have a tiny concrete pond about a meter round but not flowing Is it possible and where do you get seeds or plants? Thanks Rich Westerly 2219 DAVICO |
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Water cress growing? How?
"medico" wrote in message ... Hi there, You can get watercress seed that grows on dry land, no stream or pond reqd. [...] That sounds more like land cress, aka "American" land cress. Dead easy, and even likes a little shade: I recommend it. But I believe even watercress will grow on land, if not allowed to dry out - yes, just looked it up: you need a good water-retentive soil high in humus. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Water cress growing? How?
"Rich" wrote in message
I would like to grow some watercress Don't have stream have a tiny concrete pond about a meter round but not flowing A friend had one which just sulked in her pool. She eventually put it in one of the higher sections where the water ran from a higher pool into the bottom one and it took off like Topsy. She had bearly been able to harvest any when it sat in still water, but once the pump ran water through it on a regular basis, she was cutting some to include in salads every day. She's given me some and mine is sulking too and it's on my agenda to put it in a spot where and old fish tank pump can run water through it. |
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Water cress growing? How?
In article , K
writes Pond owners often do this as a way of keeping algal growth down by removing some of the nitrogen. Can you do this in a pond with fish as well as wildlife Kay? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Water cress growing? How?
On Mar 24, 11:11 pm, K wrote:
Rich writes I would like to grow some watercress Don't have stream have a tiny concrete pond about a meter round but not flowing Is it possible Easily and where do you get seeds or plants? The supermarket, if you're posting from the UK. I'm pretty sure that's where I got mine from - IIRC I just threw the bunch in. Pond owners often do this as a way of keeping algal growth down by removing some of the nitrogen. If you're planning to eat the watercress, Google on watercress and "liver fluke" and take appropriate precautions. -- Kay I was about to post that Kay and you did it for me! We are careful where we buy our watercress from, locally, because Edward (mine that is, not your Edward) remembered from his student days, someone who got liver fluke through eating w.cress from a stream in Oxfordshire. Judith |
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Water cress growing? How?
medico writes
Hi there, You can get watercress seed that grows on dry land, no stream or pond reqd. Isn't that American landcress? Different plant, tastes the same. David. "Rich" wrote in message .. . I would like to grow some watercress Don't have stream have a tiny concrete pond about a meter round but not flowing Is it possible and where do you get seeds or plants? Thanks Rich Westerly 2219 DAVICO -- Kay |
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Water cress growing? How?
Janet Tweedy writes
In article , K writes Pond owners often do this as a way of keeping algal growth down by removing some of the nitrogen. Can you do this in a pond with fish as well as wildlife Kay? I think it depends on how you are growing the fish. I have green tench in my pond, and of course there's no problem with growing watercress (which is a UK native) in any pond with fish. But if you are keeping your fish in a weed-free pond, then you probably won't want the watercress in there. -- Kay |
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Water cress growing? How?
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" writes I was about to post that Kay and you did it for me! We are careful where we buy our watercress from, locally, because Edward (mine that is, not your Edward) remembered from his student days, someone who got liver fluke through eating w.cress from a stream in Oxfordshire. Liver fluke require both sheep and snails (and you to eat a tiny snail with your watercress) so if you start with safe commercial watercress and there are no sheep near your pond you should be OK. Wild watercress isn't safe to eat raw but makes very good watercress soup. -- Sue ] PhD |
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Water cress growing? How?
In message , MadCow
writes In message . com, " writes I was about to post that Kay and you did it for me! We are careful where we buy our watercress from, locally, because Edward (mine that is, not your Edward) remembered from his student days, someone who got liver fluke through eating w.cress from a stream in Oxfordshire. Liver fluke require both sheep and snails (and you to eat a tiny snail with your watercress) so if you start with safe commercial watercress and there are no sheep near your pond you should be OK. What about birds bathing in and defecating into the water, though (as they do in our tiny pond)? Could that become a problem, even if it isn't now? Or is washing enough to take care of that? -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
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Water cress growing? How?
"Klara" wrote in message
In message MadCow writes In message " writes I was about to post that Kay and you did it for me! We are careful where we buy our watercress from, locally, because Edward (mine that is, not your Edward) remembered from his student days, someone who got liver fluke through eating w.cress from a stream in Oxfordshire. Liver fluke require both sheep and snails (and you to eat a tiny snail with your watercress) so if you start with safe commercial watercress and there are no sheep near your pond you should be OK. What about birds bathing in and defecating into the water, though (as they do in our tiny pond)? Could that become a problem, even if it isn't now? Or is washing enough to take care of that? Bird poo isn't a problem as far as I've ever heard. It's mostly phosphate. In common with most rural Australians, I use only rainwater collected from the roof for drinking and showering purposes and we have lots of birds in our garden. I doubt whether they are so considerate that they don't poo on my roof where the rain falls. |
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Water cress growing? How?
In message
, FarmI writes "Klara" wrote in message In message MadCow writes In message " writes I was about to post that Kay and you did it for me! We are careful where we buy our watercress from, locally, because Edward (mine that is, not your Edward) remembered from his student days, someone who got liver fluke through eating w.cress from a stream in Oxfordshire. Liver fluke require both sheep and snails (and you to eat a tiny snail with your watercress) so if you start with safe commercial watercress and there are no sheep near your pond you should be OK. What about birds bathing in and defecating into the water, though (as they do in our tiny pond)? Could that become a problem, even if it isn't now? Or is washing enough to take care of that? Bird poo isn't a problem as far as I've ever heard. It's mostly phosphate. In common with most rural Australians, I use only rainwater collected from the roof for drinking and showering purposes and we have lots of birds in our garden. I doubt whether they are so considerate that they don't poo on my roof where the rain falls. I wasn't thinking so much in general terms - more if bird flu really reaches he the last incident was not very far from where my daughters live.... But how is the rain situation your way these days? -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
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