Best time to plant watercress in Walgett
Nasturtium officinale
Sow watercress in Walgett in Mar to May, Sep to Nov.
Water cress is a fast-growing perennial water plant from the cabbage family, eaten as a leaf vegetable and among the earliest known to people. Its hollow stems float on the water and reach up to 60 cm, while the flavour is piquant, like its relatives mustard and radish.
When to sow in Walgett
Walgett, NSW is in the arid zone. Its months for watercress apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Walgett
Frost usually arrives in Walgett around mid May and finishes by mid September. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early May or as late as early October, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: can spread
Spreads along wet ground and waterways. Keep it in a tub, away from drains.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 3mm
- Plant spacing
- 100cm
- Row spacing
- 20cm
- Height
- 50cm
- Germination
- 12-15 days at 8-15°C
- Time to harvest
- 50-60 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.