Rocket Esmee
Arugula with beautiful rounded leaves resembling oak leaves. Spicy and nutty flavor. Can be grown in containers and/or indoors year-round.
Cold tolerant.
Harvesting: Harvest young for a more tender taste (when the leaves are 8 cm long)
Outdoor sowing: Sow directly in the ground early in the season, as soon as the risk of frost has passed. Sow 5mm deep, spacing seeds 1cm apart. It is quite cold-hardy and even appreciates milder temperatures, which delay bolting.
Germination: 5 to 7 days. Temperature above 5 ° C.
Specifications: You may need to grow rocket under netting if flea beetles are very prevalent in your area.
Exposure: Full sun or partial shade.
Watering: In hot weather, frequent watering helps prevent rocket from becoming too pungent.
Maturity: 21 days (baby leaves) 40 days (mature leaves).
Origin of the seed: We obtained the first seeds This rocket is available at Johnny's Selected Seeds. The seeds sold are the second generation grown on the farm.
Open-pollinated seeds grown locally and naturally!