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Nasturtium

Tropaeloum spp. WD Nasturtium officinale
Also known as kappertjies (EN)

Nasturtium (/nəˈstɜːrʃəm/) is a genus of a small number of plant species in the family Brassicaceae (cabbage family) commonly known as watercress or yellowcress. The best known species are the edible Nasturtium officinale and Nasturtium microphyllum.

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Nasturtium facts

Lifespan

Perennial living more than two years
First harvest expected 13 weeks after planting

Grown for

flower harvested 11 times

Crop cycle

0–0 days
FAO EcoCrop

Growing nasturtia

  1. Sow seeds where they are to grow at planting out
  2. Water regularly at planting out every week
  3. Pick flowers and leaves at first harvest every week
  4. Collect seeds 8 weeks after first harvest
  5. Pull out finished plants 10 weeks after first harvest

How members grow nasturtia

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Varieties of nasturtium

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watercress

Nasturtium officinale

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Nasturtium crops

Nasturtium plantings

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Nasturtium harvests

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Nasturtium seeds

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Unripe nasturtium seeds
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Where nasturtia grow

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What people are saying about nasturtia

Optimism is... planting butternuts at Christmas

by Skud,

Like I said in my last post, everything has been late and disorganised this spring. However, I'm trying to get some stuff planted juuuusssssttttt under the wire for December, and hopefully they'll have time to grow before things cool down in the new year. Last year I was pretty amazed…

butternut squash butternut squash sunflower sunflowers nasturtia arugula arugula purslane nettles
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New house, new garden

by Skud,

So, I am in my new house in Ballarat (zoom in!), a reasonable sized city of 88,000ish people an hour or so west of Melbourne. The move was gruelling, not least because of the garden, but it's all done now and the keys to the ol…

nasturtia grasses pomegranates apple apples lemons Common Figs loquats
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Time to harvest

If sown now, expect a first harvest in about 89 days.

From the median time members' plantings of this crop took to their first harvest.

Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Tropaeolum majus L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Dilleniidae
Capparales
Tropaeolaceae
Life form herb
Life span annual
Habit climber/scrambler/scadent

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