Wild Rocket
- Perfect for Pots
- Self-sows
Slower growing than salad rocket, with thinner leaves, which it produces for twice as long
It is also fine if protected against flea beetle for picking in summer. This, sown in succession with salad rocket, will give you a year round rocket harvest.
Please note, illustrated packets are being introduced gradually over the coming months, availability may vary.
- Perfect for Pots
- Self-sows
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- January - December
- Height
- 15cm (6in)
- Common name
- Wild Rocket
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Part Shade
- Spread
- 15cm (6in)
- Cultivation
- Direct sow in lines or blocks straight into the ground from April-August. Sown in autumn under cover or cloches, it will provide valuable winter salad. Easy germination. Will grow in part-shade.
Care Tips
Cover with fleece during winter. This grows well in container pots. It may get infested with flea beetle from April-August leaving lots of tiny holes all over the leaves. Protect with a physical barrier of fleece from sowing on. Water regularly.
Flowering Time
January - December