Land cress
Barbarea verna · Upland cress in the US
In a typical UK garden, sow indoors late February to late March, sow outside late March to mid-May, plant out late March to mid-April, and harvest mid-May to mid-July.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Sow indoors
- late February to late March
- Sow outdoors
- late March to mid-Mayearly August to mid-September
- Plant out
- late March to mid-April
- Harvest
- mid-May to mid-Julyearly October to early May
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 15 cm apart, rows 30 cm apart
- Square foot
- 4 per square (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- 0.5 cm
- Ready in
- 40 to 60 days from sowing
- Grows to
- 20 cm
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -15 °C
- Sun
- Copes with some shade
- Crops for
- About 10 weeks
Growing tip
Sow in late summer for winter salads; it tastes like watercress but grows in ordinary moist soil, ideally in light shade.
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Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For land cress, we used:
Grow land cress with VegLog
Add land cress to a bed and VegLog reminds you when to sow, plant out and pick, timed to your own town's frost dates.
