[barbarella]

Has anyone else grown watercress from cuttings?  I read somewhere recently that you could start off cuttings in water from bags of supermarket watercress so I tried it and it works brilliantly.  Apparently you can then pot them up and stand the pots in water and grow loads of watercress this way.  I don't think I'll do this until the weather is milder but I think I will pot some up like that and also put the pots in the little artificial stream that flows into our pond.  But am I right in thinking there might be a problem with pests like liver fluke which could be harmful to health?

[gobs]

I do not think you have much to worry. Not long ago we had a very in depth thread about this with some expert knowledge, do a search.

[japagow]

Can't answer the technical water cress question but if all else fails try Land Cress which is just as hot and grows as normal.

[ilan]

This came up on gardeners question time last week and unless you keep sheep liver fluke wont be a problem , bob flowerdew grows his in polystyrene trays floating in his water butts 

[barbarella]

I also found this helpful article.  It doesn't look like a good idea to put a pot of watercress in the pond as the water isn't that clean so I'm going to go down the washing up bowl route.

http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/watercress-nasturtium-microphyllum-264

[Kiki]

I rooted watercress in a glass jar from a bunch bought from a greengrocer last year. |I planeted 6-8 rooted stems  in  12" pot, dug a deep hole in a shadey, wind protected bed, placed a drip tray/plastic saucer thing at the bottom of the hole to imped drainage, put the pot on it and filled round it. It grew really well and I had fresh watercress until Feb when -5 degree frosts for a week killed it. I will do this again in spring but plan for 4 pots as we eat lots of the stuff. Nothing ventured nothing gained