rocket - wild
wild rocket or Diplotaxis tenuifolia
A garden-standard wild rocket with a more intense flavour than the usual cultivated type. It has smaller leaves and crisp stalks. You can harvest the leaves for salads, and the plant will regrow for two or three more cuts. The edible flowers also make a colourful addition to salads.
How to care for rocket wild:
Keep well watered in dry weather to prevent the leaves becoming too peppery or bitter. Pick leaves regularly to encourage fresh growth, and sow every few weeks for a continuous harvest. Cover with fleece if the appearance of small holes in the foliage (flea beetles) become a problem.
Sowing instructions:
Choose a sheltered spot and sow sparingly direct where they are to grow from March to September. Keep well watered and thin seedlings to 10cm (4in) apart as they emerge.
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.
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.
Eventual height:
0.2m
Eventual spread:
0.2m
Position:
Full sun
Rate of growth:
Fast-growing
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness:
Fully hardy
approx 6000 seeds
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