Eruca sativa 'Wasabi'
Rocket 'Wasabi'
Rocket is an easy to grow salad leaf that can also be cooked as a vegetable. It has a peppery flavour. The leaves are deeply pinnately lobed, and the (edible) flowers are white 4-petalled lightly streaked with purple and are followed by long seed-pods. 'Wasabi' is a new rocket, introduced in 2017, with the hot taste of wasabi. Can be used as a baby-leaf or can be left to grow to full size.
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Partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Rocket 'Wasabi'
Latin name
Eruca sativa 'Wasabi'
type
Half hardy herb
family
Brassicaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
Eruca sativa 'Wasabi'
Rocket is an easy to grow salad leaf that can also be cooked as a vegetable. It has a peppery flavour. The leaves are deeply pinnately lobed, and the (edible) flowers are white 4-petalled lightly streaked with purple and are followed by long seed-pods. 'Wasabi' is a new rocket, introduced in 2017, with the hot taste of wasabi. Can be used as a baby-leaf or can be left to grow to full size.
Propagating by seed
From Late Winter TO Mid Spring
Sow seeds under glass in late winter, or outdoors in mid Spring. Choose a sunny site, and soil that drains well. Sow the seeds in rows, and as the seedlings grow thin them to twp inches apart, and then thin them again when they have grown sufficiently to need more space to grow. Sow in succession monthly for continuous crops
Planting
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Plant out seedlings grown under glass to a sunny well-drained site when the seedlings are big enough to handle and after risk of frost has passed