Backyard Aquaponics
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any one seen this fake water cress going to seed / flower?

mine is.

i dumped a fair bit into a half blue barrel with some hyroton. It was taking over the bed but i didn't want to throw it out.

anyway, it was left to its own devices with no nutes, just some rotting weeds and a spray of water very now and then. will post a pic soon

Mine is going to seed big time.... One of my tanks has the water surface covered in pollen..

mine hasn't yet, but the mint is flowering

mine has been going to seed since i got it at tonys place last month, its not going to die is it ?

Naaaa, just that time of year, it will go back to vegetative growth soon

Hey Steve,
I want some. Can I steal some of yours next weekend? I assume it grows from cuttings...if you don't have seed yet

yeh, no worries. i'll take it out of the cesspool tub its in and put it in some styro foam on my spa tank

Can the seed be eaten? What uses (other than propagation) does it have?
Mine is full of flower also.

no idea!

Now that it is winter my watercress has come back to life and is growing really well. HOWEVER it doesn't taste very peppery. Can anyone shed some light on this DISASTER !!??

PS Thought I would recycle this thread instead of starting another. Do the moderators prefer this or do they not care ?

maybe this is the answer here
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=226&hilit=watercress&start=15

That it gets "hotter" with age...

Let me know of your experience..

I've never had this version ever get peppery, it's more of a carroty sort of taste to it.. I'm assuming that you're using the "eastern block" watercress, rather than standard watercress..

we only care that you are happy Veg

I'm really not sure EB I was under the impression it was the standard stuff but only because I don't know about any others ! (or anything at all about watercress).

Thanks Charlie

i was at a gardening center the other day and saw that they had "pepper cress" and "plain cress"
i'm not even sure which one i planted now