Also known as Roquette or Rocket. Musky green and its piquant blossoms will spice up your salad. The best-tasting and most bolt-resistant of the strains in our 2017 trials. (We didn’t include Ice-Bred in those tests; we know its complex flavor and its heftier price.). Stood temperatures down to 14° double-covered under row cover.
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| Variety | Product Type | Hybrid Status | Cold Hardy | Days to Maturity | Lifecycle | Color |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Astro Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | Yes | 21 days baby, 35 days mature | annual | green |
|
Ice-Bred Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | Yes | 44 days | annual | green |
| Arugula | seeds | open pollinated | Yes | 47 days | annual | green |
|
Arugula Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | Yes | 47 days | annual | green |
| Sylvetta Wild Arugula | seeds | open pollinated | Yes | 21 days baby, 50 days mature | annual | green |
Culture: When to harvest greens? Research from trials conducted in England and Kenya showed looseleaf lettuce, red chard and arugula harvested in the evening had a longer shelf life than when picked in the morning.
Culture: Prefers cool temperatures; direct seed as early as possible in spring. Optimum germination temp 40–55°. Bolts in heat; avoid the heat and grow as a fall crop, or make succession plantings every 1-2 weeks. Use row covers to discourage flea beetles. Let part of a spring crop go to seed and get a self-sown September and October patch that is delicious and has no flea beetle damage! A prime ingredient in tangy mesclun mixes. Frequent watering will reduce its pungency. Suitable for microgreens.
Saving Seed: Saving arugula seed is easy! Let your spring sowing of arugula bolt. The flowers develop into narrow seed pods. Once pods dry on the stems, they can be easily broken open for seed.
For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.
All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.
From early May through mid-December, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
