Arugula
Eruca sativa
How to sow arugula: Direct seed or transplant in wide rows or raised beds
Sun requirement for arugula: Plant in Full Sun
Arugula has been planted 52 times by Growstuff members.
Mildly bitter, sometimes peppery, salad green. Fast-growing with deeply lobed leaves. Prefers cooler weather, bolts in the heat.

Predictions
Annual
living and reproducing in a single year or lessMedian lifespan
14 weeksFirst harvest expected
8 weeks after plantingLast harvest expected
12 weeks after plantingHeight
30cmSpread
20cmRow Spacing
25cmCompanions
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What people are saying about arugula
Dinner from the garden
by shiny,
Chicken simmered in broth and white wine,with [lemon](crop), crispy [sage](crop) leaves, polenta chips with parmesan, and a salad of [arugula](crop) , [pear](crop) and candied [walnut](crop)s.
lemons
sage
arugula
pears
walnuts
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Planting outdoors & fruit trees
by maco,
Today I transplanted the [cabbage](crop) and [onion](crop) seedlings outside and planted seeds for: [arugula](crop), [garlic](crop) (well, cloves, not seeds--forced in the fridge), mesclun salad mix, [kale](crop), [cauliflower](crop), and [beet](crop)s. Some of these (cauliflower, beets, mesclun)...
cabbages
onions
arugula
garlic
kale
cauliflowers
beets
apples
peaches
almonds
plums
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Coming together
by shawnacscott,
This weekend I had two full days to really focus on the yard, and I made the most of it. With the intermittent help of several others over the course of the weekend, I got both easement planter boxes filled with compost and soil, cleaned up and weeded the alley, got the stump pulled from the coni...
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Getting ready for spring!
by maco,
I've got seeds either on-hand or ordered for just about everything I'm starting from seed this year. I've been working out what I want to plant, and this is the plan I've come up with for the 72 square feet of my backyard raised beds:  flowers are, first of all, surprisingly beautiful. I know this isn't meant to be a site for ornam...
arugula
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Transplant day!
by inkstone,
I originally wanted to do this yesterday but it rained in the morning so that kinda put a damper on things. So I did it all today instead! A bunch of the seeds I wintersowed in the milk jugs and soda bottles were getting crowded so it was time to move them to their bigger (permanent) container...
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mizuna
arugula
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Arugula harvests
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shiny harvested not specified.
over 3 years ago.
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shiny harvested not specified.
about 4 years ago.
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shiny harvested not specified.
about 4 years ago.
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