Sow arugula: Better indoors in winter
Created: 11/27/2022, 3:00 p.m
By: Joana Lück
Arugula not only tastes very good as a salad, but also gives pizzas, pasta or appetizers a tart note.
You can grow it on the windowsill.
It is one of the spiciest types of lettuce: Rocket, also known as rocket, grows quickly and provides valuable vitamins and minerals, which are particularly welcome in the cold months.
But what do you have to consider when growing vegetables on the windowsill?
Sow arugula: Better indoors in winter
Arugula can also be grown on the windowsill.
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Arugula should be eaten within a few hours after harvesting and at most after a day or two, otherwise it loses its vitamins and shrivels up.
Anyone who buys rocket in the supermarket has probably noticed that as soon as you open the plastic packaging, it practically collapses.
Even if you can extend the shelf life of the supermarket goods by storing the leaves in a cool place in damp kitchen roll, nothing beats freshly harvested rocket.
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knows which steps you should follow so that you can harvest rocket from your own windowsill in just a few weeks in winter:
Fill pots or window boxes with nutrient-poor potting soil, put the rocket seeds about five millimeters deep in the soil and cover the seeds with soil.
Water them and place the container on a warm, sunny windowsill.
Regular watering is advisable.
You can also use homemade containers made from eggshells or plastic, as long as they are big enough.
The first seedlings appear after just three to four days.
With enough sun and moisture in the soil, you can harvest the first rocket leaves after two to four weeks.
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For a regular harvest, it is advisable to sow follow-up seeds every two weeks so that a few leaves are ready to be harvested at any time.
Incidentally, the further up you cut off the arugula when harvesting, the faster the lettuce will grow back.
