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Wild Rocket - Organic Arugula Seeds

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Certified Organic
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Wild Rocket is a slender-leaved arugula with a sharper, more complex flavor than common garden arugula. The deeply cut leaves bring peppery bite, nutty depth, and a rugged look that feels right at home in cool-season beds and kitchen gardens.

Harvest young leaves for salads, sandwiches, pizzas, and quick handfuls of green with real character. Wild Rocket is often longer-lived than annual arugula, giving gardeners a spirited, cut-and-come-again crop with narrow leaves and plenty of bite.

Scientific name: Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Life cycle: Perennial, often grown as an annual
Arugula type: Wild rocket
Growth habit: Low, leafy rosette

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Arugula Growing Basics

Arugula has long brought a peppery spark to Mediterranean kitchens, but the name is used for two related crops. Common arugula, Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa, grows quickly, forms broader leaves, and has a milder, more tender flavor. Wild arugula, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, is slower-growing and more deeply lobed, with a sharper taste and a longer harvest season.

Both are cool-season leafy greens, though wild arugula tolerates heat and repeated cutting better than common arugula. Each produces its best leaves in fertile soil, steady moisture, and mild weather, before flowering makes the flavor stronger.

Direct sow arugula about 3–5 weeks before the expected last spring frost, once the soil can be worked. It germinates readily in cool soil and may be ready for baby-leaf harvest in only a few weeks.

Make small sowings every 1–2 weeks while weather remains mild. Sow again in late summer for a fall crop. Warm temperatures and lengthening days encourage bolting and a stronger, more bitter flavor.

Sow seeds about ¼ inch deep and keep the seedbed evenly moist until seedlings emerge. Space plants about 2–3 inches apart for baby leaves or 4–6 inches apart for larger plants.

Arugula is usually best direct sown because it grows quickly and establishes easily. Thin crowded seedlings early, using the extras in salads.

Choose a site with full sun during cool weather. Light afternoon shade can help extend the harvest as temperatures rise.

Grow arugula in loose, well-drained soil enriched with finished compost. Its shallow roots need regular moisture to keep leaves tender and mild. Mulch lightly once plants are established to cool the soil and reduce weeds.

Harvest baby leaves when they reach about 3–4 inches long. Pick the outer leaves and leave the center growing, or cut the whole planting just above soil level for a one-time harvest.

Leaves become stronger and tougher as plants age. Harvest promptly when a flower stalk begins to rise, though the flowers are edible and carry the same peppery flavor.

Full Arugula Growing Guide