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Tips on how to grow watercressHow to grow watercress

1, cut off about 15 centimeters of the thick stems of wild watercress, with white adventitious roots is especially good.

2, Stick the watercress branches in the soil and keep a two-centimeter-deep layer of water on the soil, or put them directly in a container for hydroponics.

3, a week later, the watercress branches will begin to sprout new roots and the leaves will begin to grow.

4, watercress stem nodes to the four sides of the creeping branches, and then continue to sprout seedlings, at this time you can apply some liquid fertilizer to promote rapid growth of the branches, 20 days after the harvest, pinching at a distance of 3-5 cm from the root.

5, after the arrival of winter, watercress in 5 ℃ below stop growing, in -10 ℃ low temperature can still be safe overwintering.

6, the second year and then continue to sprout propagation, watercress can grow to 80 cm high, at this time can be harvested in batches.

7, watercress summer white flowers, flowers should continue to cuttings propagation of new plants.