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Well, I know that watercress is an invasive here. It probably is elsewhere, as well.
I was disappointed to find it in two creeks where there had been a couple of the earliest homes for European Americans. I wanted it! But there were lots of houses above these places which are now parks.
Then, I had my own experience growing watercress in the garden. That was fun, and successful. Not upland cress... The neighbor had an irrigation valve that leaked. The water came down the pipe and leaked out of a connection close to the edge of the garden but running off in the wrong direction. In this soil, it made a very inconsequential puddle in the lawn. Neighbor didn't much care because it's a water district and contributed nothing to his bill which was determined by acreage.
I had designs for that constant drizzle. After asking permission, I set in one section of pvc pipe a couple of inches into the ground so that the water moved in the right direction. Dug out about a 3' x 6' section of the nearest bed. Bought some watercress at the grocery store and they took right off in my little garden pond!
The drizzle would stop when sprinkler pipes were turned on in the little hay field nearby. Pressure in the pipes would do that and I think that was for about 36 hours each week. Dried up pond for that short of time made no difference, in fact, it might have actually been a benefit for my nice watercress
. The neighbor replaced the valve the following year. Shucks.
Steve
I was disappointed to find it in two creeks where there had been a couple of the earliest homes for European Americans. I wanted it! But there were lots of houses above these places which are now parks.
Then, I had my own experience growing watercress in the garden. That was fun, and successful. Not upland cress... The neighbor had an irrigation valve that leaked. The water came down the pipe and leaked out of a connection close to the edge of the garden but running off in the wrong direction. In this soil, it made a very inconsequential puddle in the lawn. Neighbor didn't much care because it's a water district and contributed nothing to his bill which was determined by acreage.
I had designs for that constant drizzle. After asking permission, I set in one section of pvc pipe a couple of inches into the ground so that the water moved in the right direction. Dug out about a 3' x 6' section of the nearest bed. Bought some watercress at the grocery store and they took right off in my little garden pond!
The drizzle would stop when sprinkler pipes were turned on in the little hay field nearby. Pressure in the pipes would do that and I think that was for about 36 hours each week. Dried up pond for that short of time made no difference, in fact, it might have actually been a benefit for my nice watercress
. The neighbor replaced the valve the following year. Shucks.Steve
