Rocket
Hardy Biennial Herb
Description
A little known but very useful salad plant which can be used raw in salads or cooked lightly when it makes a delicious spinach substitute.
Late summer sowings will carry on cropping into the winter if the plants are protected by cloches.
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | April to July. |
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| Sowing depth: | 6mm (¼in) deep in drills spaced 45-60cm (18-24in) apart. |
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Sow in any good fertile, well drained soil.
Sow thinly.
Growing Instructions
When the seedlings are large enough to handle thin out to 23-30cm (9-12in) apart.
Aftercare Instructions
Pick the young leaves as required over the whole row rather than just one or two plants as this would weaken them.
As the flower buds appear pinch them out to prolong cropping.
