Rocket

[Athley]

Hello gardeners.

Is it relatively easy to grow rocket. I have a greenhouse usually full of tomatoes, peppers and chillies through the summer months but thought I'd like to try a few different things this year and do tend to eat a lot of rocket.

Thank you.

:o)

[Clanad]

My experience is with the Italian variety which we call Argula, here in the U.S. It's a great salad plant, easily grown but if you dare let any of it seed you'll have it every where. It's quite invasive as it self seeds. Controlled and harvested properly, it'll make a tasty salad addition to any garden...(the flowers and seed pods can be eaten as well... we don't particularly care for them but I think it's an acquired taste... Best of luck!

[allotment10]

hi athley, just to answer your qst, yes, it's easy to grow but doesn't like the hot weather to much!, best to grow it in a shady place & give plenty of water, we always use the leaves & leave the flower stem to shoot & seed, the bees absolutly love it! but clanad is right it's very invasive so we let the bees have thier pennies worth & then when the plant is drooping we take the seeds of , dig them out & onto the compost heap to help next years crop :-)

[Athley]

Thanks clanad and allotment both brilliantly informative.

Glad to know they don't like hot weather much - have a shady garden spot so will put there.

Thanks to your both for taking time out to reply. Much appreciated.

:o)

[WendyS]

Yes, it's very easy to grow. I grow some in a long narrow patio container and also sprinkle little batches of seed in spare bare patches in flower borders. And if you pick the leaves carefully you can cut and come again. It's well worth growing but the soil needs to be kept fairly moist otherwise it will quickly become tough and spikey and run to seed.