Rocket is a peppery flavoured annual plant. It is a very easy to grow, quick cropping salad vegetable that can be grown all year round. Harvested regularly & eaten raw.
- Sow small amounts every 2 weeks from April to September to avoid a glut!
- Dig the soil, remove all weeds and add compost.
- Make ½ inch deep trench and cover seeds with soil and then use cold water in the trench.
- As seedlings develop, space - to final positions 9-12 inches apart (seedlings removed can also be eaten as young salad leaves).
- Harvest leaves by cutting them at the base but leaving the plant roots in the soil - new leaves grow.
- Eat young seedlings removed by thinning on sandwiches, or salads.
- Create salads or wraps; add to pasta or pizza.
- Rocket seeds can be made into an oil.
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