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Nasturtium is a beautiful flowering annual you can eat. Nasturtium flowers, leaves, and seed pods are all edible, tasty, and nutritious.
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The large seeds of nasturtiums are easy to start indoors in small pots 4-8 weeks before your last frost date.
Starting seeds indoors
Use root retainer trays because this plant has a long taproot that doesn't respond well to transplanting if disturbed.
Starting seeds
Whether you start them in individual pots or garden soil, plant seeds ½ to 1 inch deep and cover them with soil.
Where to plant
Nasturtiums thrive in sandy, quickly draining soil deficient in nutrients and with regular watering. They grow equally well in full sun and partial shade, but sunnier locations produce more flowers.
Watering
Nasturtiums in pots will likely need more water than plants grown in the ground. In the garden, water them regularly, but don't let the soil get soggy.
Harvesting nasturtium to eat
It's a good idea to wait about two months after planting nasturtiums before harvesting more than a few leaves because they need the leaf energy to help the plants flourish.
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