A spicy salad crop with a peppery, cress-like flavour, also known as Bermuda cress. Rich green vigorous leaf rosettes which can be cut time and again. A biennial, very frost tolerant plant growing up to 30cm in height. Specially suited for growing over winter in a cold greenhouse. Rich in vitamins and stimulates appetite.
Characteristics
Botanical name: Barbaraea praecoxSpecific qualities: protect over winterVegetation period: biennial
Cultivation
Seed required for direct sowing (g/100m²): 40-50 g/100 m²Seed required for 1000 plants (g): 3-4Sowing depth: lightly coveredSowing times: direct sowing from march to septemberDistance between rows and plants (cm): 30x5-10 cm
