rocket - salad
salad rocket or Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa
Not for nothing is this called rocket: it shoots out of the ground in no time and you'll be picking your...
Rocket can be weather sensitive, but that’s its great strength. Cool and damp? Plentiful pickings of peppery leaves. Hot and dry? Let it bolt and enjoy the flowers instead: they have a sweet-and-spicy taste that I actually prefer.
Plant description
Eventual height & spread
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for rocket Salad:
Sowing instructions:
Pick leaves over regularly to keep the plants from bolting (running to seed) but don't pick the central crown so that more can re-grow. Rocket tends to bolt quickly in hot conditions, so in dry summers stop sowing in July and August and start again in autumn for a late crop.
Protect autumn/winter crops with a cloche or fleece.
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