Arugula – annual plant which belongs to family of cruciferae family. This plant has pleasant and bright aroma which taste reminds mustard with peppery and nut smack. Today, arugula becomes more and more popular culture, and gardeners-gardeners begin to study ways of its cultivation. It has not only specific taste, but also is very useful to health.
Instruction
1. Before starting cultivation of arugula on the garden site, it is necessary to choose suitable grade of this plant. Best of all the early ripening variety of arugula which will give the chance to reap crop three weeks later after emergence of the first shoots will approach. Mid-season grades will need 30-35 days for harvesting.
2. Arugula can be seeded several terms. If to land arugula in the early spring, then shortly receive very young leaves of plant which are vitamin-rich. Having landed arugula at the beginning of July or even in August, you thereby fill shortcoming on the table of salad plants which are absent at that time any more. It is possible to plant arugula every 15 days, thus, you for all summer will provide yourself with vitamins.
3. Arugula needs to be sown ranks which have to be located from each other at distance not less than thirty centimeters. And between plants there has to be distance in ten centimeters. Depth of landing of seeds has to be one and a half centimeters. Literally for the fifth day there will be shoots, and two-three weeks later it will be possible to reap the first crop from fragrant green leaflets.
4. It is simple to look after arugula as this plant is absolutely unpretentious. All leaving is only that it is necessary to thin out sometimes it, to loosen row-spacings and is abundant to water. The more moisture arugula will receive, the its leaves will be larger and more gentle.
5. You should not abuse fertilizers as arugula has ability quickly to absorb nitrates. If to follow all these simple rules of cultivation of this plant and care for it, then you will provide yourself for all summer with useful and tasty salad.
6. As arugula pretty unpretentious plant, it is possible to grow up it also in winter season in house conditions on windowsill. For this purpose it is necessary to provide plant with enough light and water.