Description
Bring bold, garden-fresh flavor to your kitchen with Rocket Arugula Seeds, a fast-growing green prized for its zesty, peppery bite. The tender, deeply lobed leaves are perfect for salads, pizzas, pastas, and sandwiches, adding a gourmet touch to everyday meals. This frost-tolerant annual matures quickly, making it an excellent choice for gardeners who want fresh harvests in a short amount of time.
Quick to grow and easy to manage, Rocket Arugula Seeds can be harvested as baby greens in as little as 20 days, with continued pickings throughout the season. Plants thrive in garden beds or containers and perform best when harvested before flowering for peak flavor. For gardeners in mild climates, fall sowing allows for productive winter harvests, while successive plantings ensure a steady supply of fresh, organic greens.
This packet sows up to 67 feet. 400 seeds.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa
Days to Maturity: 20–45 days
Family: Brassicaceae
Native: Africa, Asia, Europe; exact native range obscure
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
Plant Dimensions: 12″–24″ tall at maturity
Variety Information: 2″–6″ soft, green leaves are deeply pinnately lobed, shaped much like an elongated oak leaf, with hints of red in the veins. Flavor can be described as rich and peppery. Edible flowers are creamy white with purple veins.
Attributes: Good for Containers
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 40°F; ideally 50°–70°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 4 to 6 weeks before your average first fall frost date. Mild Climates: Sow in fall for winter harvest.
When to Start Inside: Not recommended.
Days to Emerge: 10–15 days
Seed Depth: ¼”
Seed Spacing: A group of 6 seeds every 6″
Row Spacing: 6″
Thinning: When ½” tall, thin to 1 every 6″
Growing Info:
Harvesting: For the mildest, best-tasting baby greens, pick leaves when 2″–4″ long. Pick individually or cut off the plant at ground level. For the best flavor, harvest before plant begins to flower, unless you plan to eat the flowers.
