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🥦 Rocket (Arugula)

Eruca vesicaria
vegetables Annual Brassicaceae
Rocket (Arugula) plant photo
☀️ Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
3-11
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Well-draining
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
4-6 in
📐 Height
8-12 in
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone

🤝 Companions (3)

🤝 Bean
Arugula deters some bean pests with its pungent oils
🤝 Pepper
Quick intercrop between slower pepper plants
🤝 Tomato
Cool-season green beneath warm-season tomatoes

⚠️ Keep Apart (1)

⚠️ Strawberry
Strawberries compete heavily with arugula

📝 Growing Notes

Peppery salad green. Bolts quickly in heat - succession sow. Flowers edible and milder.

🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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