Eruca sativa
Salad Rocket
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Salad Rocket (Eruca sativa) - Description
Eruca sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp. sativa (Miller) Thell. , Brassica eruca L.) is an edible annual plant, commonly known as salad rocket, roquette, rucola, rugula, colewort, or, in the United States, arugula. Salad rocket (arugula) is sometimes conflated with Diplotaxis tenuifolia, the perennial wall rocket, another plant of the Brassicaceae family, which in the past was used in the same manner.
Salad Rocket (Eruca sativa) - Growth
Does well with full sun. Prefers cool weather. Provide shade if heat becomes an issue. As the plants overheat, the leaves will taste more and more bitter. Also, heat has a tendency to promote flower bolting.
Salad Rocket (Eruca sativa) - Planting
Sow seeds in spring about 1 month before the projected last frost of winter. For a fall crop, plant the seeds in late summer. The seeds do not need to be very deep, but should be grown 1" apart in rows that are roughly 1' apart. Freely reseeds.
Salad Rocket (Eruca sativa) - Pest
Prone to flea beetles in warmer weather.
Salad Rocket (Eruca sativa) - Interesting facts
Arugula has a plethora of vernacular names including: rocket, garden rocket, rocketsalad, rucola or rukola, rauke, oruga, ruchetta, rokke and roquette.
Salad Rocket (Eruca sativa) - Soil and irrigation
Does best with regular water. Be sure to maintain soil moisture in times of heat and drought.
