Watercress

[CanadianCowboy]

I am confused on weather a Watercress plant floats or is potted .

Can anybody fill me in on this. I want to buy some at the grocery store
and then allow it to grow roots but then I am not sure if it can just
float or be tied down or potted or what ???

[Heather]

I just stuck the stems under a rock or laid on top of the water. Doesn't
matter. It will still send out roots and grow like crazy.

"CanadianCowboy" > wrote in message
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> I am confused on weather a Watercress plant floats or is potted .
>
> Can anybody fill me in on this. I want to buy some at the grocery store
> and then allow it to grow roots but then I am not sure if it can just
> float or be tied down or potted or what ???

[Mike Patterson]

Throw a couple handfuls in the pond and it''l find a happy place,
believe me.

My waterfall gets overgrown, I have to keep pulling it out to keep it
from taking over completely.

MP.

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:03:46 GMT, CanadianCowboy >
wrote:

>I am confused on weather a Watercress plant floats or is potted .
>
>Can anybody fill me in on this. I want to buy some at the grocery store
>and then allow it to grow roots but then I am not sure if it can just
>float or be tied down or potted or what ???

Mike Patterson
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[Bonnie NJ]

I float mine in a slotted basket with a brick in it - so that it stays were
I want it to be. When the roots develop, you can put it by the side of the
pond and hold it in place with a rock. Or you can just leave it in the
slotted basket.

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"CanadianCowboy" > wrote in message
...
>I am confused on weather a Watercress plant floats or is potted .
>
> Can anybody fill me in on this. I want to buy some at the grocery store
> and then allow it to grow roots but then I am not sure if it can just
> float or be tied down or potted or what ???

[Gareee©]

Just an update.. 5 of the grocery stores here do not carry it, and say that
it looks bad whenever supplied.

One store is ordering me some, but when I checked today, they did not get
thier shipment of it for some warehouse reason.

They are going to try to get it in again on saturday.

Is watercress a seasonal thing, or are there ever any issues with it?

It doesn't sound like it from the ng posts....


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[kathy]

You know, I really can't say... as I only look for it during the
spring, I'm not sure if it is available the rest of the year.

kathy :-)

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A few years ago one of the local stores said they could order a crate
of it for $60. Last year I bought a bunch of seed packets at Walmart
and had loads of it between the rocks and in the top of the biofilter.
Plus, I had a couple of months of salad from it. I just sprinkle the
seeds on a pan of dirt and keep it really wet. Happy water Gardening.

[Gareee©]

I checked at Wal-Mart and Lowe's and neither had watercress seeds...

> wrote in message
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>A few years ago one of the local stores said they could order a crate
> of it for $60. Last year I bought a bunch of seed packets at Walmart
> and had loads of it between the rocks and in the top of the biofilter.
> Plus, I had a couple of months of salad from it. I just sprinkle the
> seeds on a pan of dirt and keep it really wet. Happy water Gardening.
>

[Sean Dinh]

Here in SoCal, Asian supermarkets have them year round.

"Gareee©" wrote:
>
> Is watercress a seasonal thing, or are there ever any issues with it?

[Bonnie NJ]

It's available here year round. Sometimes it looks better than others.

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"Gareee©" > wrote in message
...
> Just an update.. 5 of the grocery stores here do not carry it, and say
> that it looks bad whenever supplied.
>
> One store is ordering me some, but when I checked today, they did not get
> thier shipment of it for some warehouse reason.
>
> They are going to try to get it in again on saturday.
>
> Is watercress a seasonal thing, or are there ever any issues with it?
>
> It doesn't sound like it from the ng posts....
>
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[Derek Broughton]

CanadianCowboy wrote:

> I am confused on weather a Watercress plant floats or is potted .
>
Yes! If you "throw it in" it'll probably root somewhere. Potting it just
keeps it (mostly) where you want it :-)
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[Mike Patterson]

Don't know what part of the world you inhabit, but here in the Atlanta
Ga, USA area the Publix supermarkets carry it in the produce section
in plain plastic bags.



On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:01:21 -0400, "Gareee©"
> wrote:

>Just an update.. 5 of the grocery stores here do not carry it, and say that
>it looks bad whenever supplied.
>
>One store is ordering me some, but when I checked today, they did not get
>thier shipment of it for some warehouse reason.
>
>They are going to try to get it in again on saturday.
>
>Is watercress a seasonal thing, or are there ever any issues with it?
>
>It doesn't sound like it from the ng posts....

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[Gareee©]

"Mike Patterson" > wrote in message
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>
> Don't know what part of the world you inhabit, but here in the Atlanta
> Ga, USA area the Publix supermarkets carry it in the produce section
> in plain plastic bags.

Waynesville NC.. and none of my local stores at all had it.. I tried 5, plus
a few health food stores as well.. but I'm in a VERY small town...POP 9,233
or so.


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[Bonnie NJ]

The POP. of my town is around 800, but we're close to another larger town.

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[Gareee©]

I might still take a crack getting it from Asheville, if this local store
doesn't come through on Saturday.

We started getting almost freezing temps overnight, so a few days delay
isn't a bad thing.

Tuleps are in bloom, and the Dogwoods are loosing their flowers already
here, and they say that when the blooms are all gone, that's the best time
to plant.


"Bonnie NJ" > wrote in message
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> The POP. of my town is around 800, but we're close to another larger town.
>
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>

[Snooze]

"Bonnie NJ" > wrote in message
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> The POP. of my town is around 800, but we're close to another larger town.

There is a rural town out here that has population of about 200 or so. Every
time I pass it i think to myself, "wow, i had classes in college with more
people". Heck the dorms i lived in had 500 students. Doing just about
anything would be such a chore. Even a trip to the nearest supermarket store
is probably an hour or two away.

The downtown is 1 stop sign, and it's just a postoffice and a general store
plus some boarded up building.

-S

[Gareee©]

Yay! Got the watercress... $2 a bunch, so I got 4 bunches.

I tried some, thinking it might actually be a water extension of our
garden....


YUCK!

Watercress tastes like @$$!

Do you guys cook with it, use it as a spice, or what?

I still can't get the taste out of my mouth!

(BTW, my wife said it tasted like old dried up @$$... ;)


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[Reel McKoi]

"Gareee©" > wrote in message
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> (BTW, my wife said it tasted like old dried up @$$... ;)
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Maybe someone used it for toilet paper before it was sold... :-(
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[Sean Dinh]

don't you wipe?

"Gareee©" wrote:
> (BTW, my wife said it tasted like old dried up @$$... ;)
>

[Mike Patterson]

Email me your address and I can ship you some, though I don't know how
it would respond to spending a couple of days in a shipping
envelope...

Mike


On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:47:44 -0400, "Gareee©"
> wrote:

>"Mike Patterson" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> Don't know what part of the world you inhabit, but here in the Atlanta
>> Ga, USA area the Publix supermarkets carry it in the produce section
>> in plain plastic bags.
>
>Waynesville NC.. and none of my local stores at all had it.. I tried 5, plus
>a few health food stores as well.. but I'm in a VERY small town...POP 9,233
>or so.

Mike Patterson
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[Gareee©]

"Mike Patterson" > wrote in message
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> Email me your address and I can ship you some, though I don't know how
> it would respond to spending a couple of days in a shipping
> envelope...

UI was lucky enough to get some WH from another group member last year.. add
water to it, and put it in a zip lock bag.. that worked very well with the
WH...


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[Ponder]

i live in ny. is it possible for me to get some?

"Mike Patterson" > wrote in message
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> Email me your address and I can ship you some, though I don't know how
> it would respond to spending a couple of days in a shipping
> envelope...
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:47:44 -0400, "Gareee©"
> > wrote:
>
>>"Mike Patterson" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>> Don't know what part of the world you inhabit, but here in the Atlanta
>>> Ga, USA area the Publix supermarkets carry it in the produce section
>>> in plain plastic bags.
>>
>>Waynesville NC.. and none of my local stores at all had it.. I tried 5,
>>plus
>>a few health food stores as well.. but I'm in a VERY small town...POP
>>9,233
>>or so.
>
> Mike Patterson
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[Mike Patterson]

Sure, just email your address, put "watercress" in the subject line,
I'll send you a big ziplock baggie full.

In my experience it doesn't take much. It's already taking over my
waterfall, the blooms are nice to see against the greeeeeen water.

Would you like some duckweed with that order? :-)

Mike


On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:40:16 GMT, "Ponder" >
wrote:

>i live in ny. is it possible for me to get some?
>
>"Mike Patterson" > wrote in message
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>> Email me your address and I can ship you some, though I don't know how
>> it would respond to spending a couple of days in a shipping
>> envelope...
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:47:44 -0400, "Gareee©"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>"Mike Patterson" > wrote in message
...
>>>>
>>>> Don't know what part of the world you inhabit, but here in the Atlanta
>>>> Ga, USA area the Publix supermarkets carry it in the produce section
>>>> in plain plastic bags.
>>>
>>>Waynesville NC.. and none of my local stores at all had it.. I tried 5,
>>>plus
>>>a few health food stores as well.. but I'm in a VERY small town...POP
>>>9,233
>>>or so.
>>
>> Mike Patterson
>> Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
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>> Lily Tomlin
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