Organic Cress Microgreen Seeds

Name: Cress Microgreen Seed

Latin Name: Lepidium Sativum

Description: Cress microgreens are easy to grow. They have a fine leaf with a slightly peppery flavour to them.

Seed Origin: Italy

Grow Time: 9 - 10 Days

Ideal Growing Temperature: 17 °C +

Growing Medium: Fine Compost 

Seeding Rate: 8g to 10g per 10” x 20” Tray

Germination Time: 2 - 3 Days

Blackout Time: 4 - 5 Days

Estimated time to Harvest: 9 - 10 Days

How To Grow Cress Microgreens: Place a tray with holes inside a tray with no holes. Fill the tray with holes with 1 inch of fine compost. Compact the compost. Spread the Cress microgreen seeds evenly over the compost, leaving a small bit of space between each seed. Press the seeds into the soil. Water the seeds and soil. Turn another tray with no holes upside down and place it over the tray with seeds in it, so it will act as a dome. Cress seeds do not need to be weighed down.

After 4 - 5 days remove the dome, water the microgreens from the top and place them under a grow light, onto a window sill, or into light in a greenhouse. Water every second day by pouring water into the bottom tray with no holes, until day 9 - 10.

Cress will be ready to harvest after 9 to 10 days. Harvest all of the microgreens using a sharp knife or scissors. Store the harvested microgreens in the refrigerator.