Mr Fothergills Mustard & Cress Seed (1)

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L. sativum is often used in experiments to teach biology to students in schools; the plant grows readily on damp paper or cotton, and its fast germination and development time makes it useful in demonstrating plant growth. Place the growing medium in a small container or saucer and moisten well, then spread the seed thickly over the surface. If it’s the middle of winter and there’s nothing much going on in the vegetable garden, or you want some easy and ultra-fresh salad greens, or a rainy day project to help keep the kids occupied, then try growing mustard and cress! It is also eaten as sprouts, and the fresh or dried seed pods can be used as a peppery seasoning ( haloon). To boost the nutritional value of microgreens include extra-virgin olive oil with your meal as the presence of oil helps improve the bioavailability of the fat-soluble nutrients in microgreens (carotenoids, vitamin E, and vitamin K).

If you want something a bit milder, look for oilseed rape (canola) seeds – they can be grown the same way.

Children find it fascinating to watch it grow as in only a few days it produces healthy and nutritious food. As a sprouted seed the rape sprout does not look very different but the flavour is unremarkable compared to the old fashioned mix. Keep the seeds dark until after germination and then move to a warm well lit spot ensuring that the medium stays moist. This is one of a series of articles on basic gardening that I have put together for those of you who are just starting out. In the United Kingdom, cut cress shoots are commonly used in sandwiches with boiled eggs and mayonnaise.

Raw cress is 89% water, 6% carbohydrates (including 1% dietary fiber), 3% protein and less than 1% fat (table). Mustard Cress is a wonderful ingredient in salads and works well in combination with carpaccio or raw fish. Sometimes especially in the organic range we are lucky enough to spot the true mustard and cress and supply this whenever possible.You can crowd them in – they’re not going to grow big enough to need any space, and you want plenty to harvest. If you sow your seeds in the morning then they may have started to germinate by bedtime – small white roots will be visible. If you want to grow mustard and cress to harvest them at the same time, then you need to sow the mustard 3-4 days ahead, because mustard seedlings grow faster. If you wash out empty eggshells, you can draw faces on the front and grow ‘egglings’ with cress hair!

When consumed raw, cress is a high- nutrient food containing substantial content of vitamins A, C and K and several dietary minerals. Among dietary minerals, manganese levels are high (26% DV) while several others, including potassium and magnesium, are in moderate content (table).A delicious salad and sandwich ingredient, Mustard Cress takes up little space and a very small amount of your time. In a 100-gram ( 3 + 1⁄ 2-ounce) reference quantity, raw cress supplies 134 kilojoules (32 kilocalories) of food energy and numerous nutrients in significant content, including vitamin K (516% of the Daily Value, DV), vitamin C (83% DV) and vitamin A (43% DV). Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Mustard can be grown in trays of compost or on the surface of pads of cotton wool, flannel, kitchen towel etc. Public Notice: We have become aware that some SEO companies are redirecting domains not owned by us to this site.