Watercress Care

Watercress prefer a consistently wet soil, or you can mimic natural conditions by growing watercress plants in a bucket or other container.

Just remove dead leaves and stems.

Cacti fertilizer requirements are pretty simple. Any good houseplant food (diluted to half) that's higher in phosphorus than nitrogen is a good choice. A 5-10-5 solution can work well.

Full sun to partial shade.

Use a potting mix, which makes it safer for plants because it doesn't contain pathogens such as fungus or other diseases.

Hardy to about -15°c

Choose a pot with drainage holes, which also ensures potting soil doesn't stay too wet after watering your houseplants. The excess can freely escape out the bottom of the container, allowing oxygen to make its way to plant roots.

Whilst the plant is very wholesome and nutritious, some care should be taken if harvesting it from the wild. Any plants growing in water that drains from fields where animals, particularly sheep, graze should not be used raw. This is due to the risk of it being infested with the liver fluke parasite. Cooking the leaves, however, will destroy any parasites and render the plant perfectly safe to eat. May inhibit the metabolism of paracetamol

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