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Rocket - Sweet Rocket

Rocket is a wonderful salad green. The deliciously mustard – peppery  taste adds flavour and depth to salads dishes, in sandwiches or even as a pizza topping to give an interesting combination of flavour.. Used either on its own with balsamic and parmesan or blended with other leafy greens it’s a must for any vege garden.

Varieties:

The most common variety is common rocket - Eruca sativa. A similar tasting and looking Rocket or Arugula is Diplotaxis tenuifolia. This spicy salad green, great for cut and come again leaf harvesting. Similar in taste to the cultivated Rocket but much slower to bolt with deep lobed or indented dark green leaves.

When, where and how to plant:

Rocket will happily grow all year round. Constant moisture & fertile soil with a good mix of drainage is essential. If you let your Rocket dry out it will quickly go to seed.

Growing Guide:

• Prepare the soil well by adding lots of well rotted manure or compost
• Soil should be well drained
• Plant seedlings out 30cm apart all year round
• Sow seeds direct and shallowly into the garden or pots. They are quick to germinate and establish.
• Spring, summer and autumn sowings will ensure a constant supply of Rocket for the table
• Rocket takes approx 4 weeks to grow

Harvest:

• Gently pick leaves of the plant constantly
• Trim back stems hard to encourage a fresh new crop

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