All Plants Eventually Commit Suicide On Me
Gregg bought... -- uh, I think it's watercress -- and it had a little rootbed attached and a note that said to put it in the "crisper" in the refrigerator.
Well, just two days later, here's our sad little cressy. (In retrospect, maybe I was also supposed to water it?) 
"(In retrospect, maybe I was also supposed to water it?)"
Maybe a good California 'red' or Chardonnay.
Bob in Texas at January 22, 2016 7:07 AM
I understand. I even kill plastic plants.
Jay at January 22, 2016 7:12 AM
Hah - Jay, love that.
Amy Alkon at January 22, 2016 7:16 AM
Watercress grows in water, so yeah. It is commercially cultivated in my area; we were once known as the "Watercress Capital of the South" before von Braun showed up. In the 30s, a Southern Railway express train with a refrigerated car used to pick up watercress here and ship it overnight to New York for the restaurants there to make sandwiches with.
Cousin Dave at January 22, 2016 10:20 AM
What I do with watercress, providing it lasts that long around me, is to stand the bunch up in a glass of water in a well-lit area. Putting it into the refrigerator is alright if it's closed up in one of those vegetable bag things from the store, but it's easier to forget, and then it turns yellow and finally rots, and this process doesn't take very long.
Jim at January 22, 2016 12:02 PM
Ever tried with a moss terrarium? Even more low-maintenance than growing cacti in a pot. Plus, moss tends to hibernate when there's a lack of water.
Sixclaws at January 22, 2016 6:23 PM
At the watercress singles bar...
"Man, would you get a load of that cressette over there! Damn, I'd love to get her in rootbed."
JD at January 22, 2016 6:45 PM
Watercress needs water -- who knew?
And a terrarium sounds nice, but nicer if it just appears, fully, uh, planted?
Amy Alkon at January 22, 2016 10:21 PM
Other than watercress sandwiches, I'm not sure what else to do with it.
If you were to use it in soups or some other cooked dish you could still save it by chopping it up and putting it into ice cubes trays with some water. When frozen, remove from ice cube tray and put the cubes into a baggie.
Then when needed just pop one or two watercress cubes into your soup.
charles at January 23, 2016 4:58 AM
It's a science, like most other things.
Lobster at January 23, 2016 6:24 AM
Detective LaFarge turned to his assistant and said ominously, "I believe it is murder most foul, not suicide."
Andrew_M_Garland at January 23, 2016 10:48 AM
I have concluded that I can keep mammals alive, but not plants. Which is why we have none. Black thumbs of the world, unite!
marion at January 23, 2016 5:55 PM
My grandmother could plant a dead stick and get a thriving bush from it.
My father struggled for years to replicate my grandmother's green thumb - without success.
I have given up. I've made my peace with the fact that my house is where plants go to die.
Conan the Grammarian at January 29, 2016 9:20 AM
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