Organic Rucola Seeds for Sprouts and Microgreens
Organic Rucola seed for Sprouts by the Latin name of Eruca vesicaria sativa. Rucola is also called Arugula, Rugula and Roquette.
Home grown Rucola Sprouts are fun to cultivate in your own kitchen all year. Your Rucola will grow into delicious crispy Sprouts in 6 days or Microgreens in 12 days. Both sizes of Rucola plants have a strong taste of Rucola.
Rucola sprouts are beautiful and rich in antioxidants. They are delicious in salad, sandwiches, wraps and as crispy topping on many dishes.
50 gr seeds provide 30 handfuls of fresh Mustard sprouts or 45 handfuls of crispy microgreens.
You can grow Rucola seeds in the Ceramic Sprout Tray or on Hemp mat. They will not thrive in a normal sprouter as the seeds form gel. When you harvest them, you cut the stems just above the hemp mat and discard the mat with the roots. If you grow them on the sieve, you can eat the whole plant incl the root.
Sprouting Time for Organic Rucola Seeds
If your kitchen temperature is 18-23 °C / 64-73 °F, then your Rucola Sprouts should be ready for harvest after just 6 days of cultivation.
Organic Rucola Seeds
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Organic Rucola Sprouts
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Organic Rucola Sprouts
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Organic Rucola Seeds for Sprouts and Microgreens
Organic Rucola seeds can be cultivated to both sprouts and microgreens in your kitchen all year.
NAMES
Rucola / Rugula belong to the bothanical family of Brassicaceae. The Latin name for this beautiful variety is Eruca vesicaria sativa.
TASTE
Your Rucola plants are quite spicy and have a strong taste of Arugula / Rucola / Rocket salad. This makes it great in dips or as spicy topping.
LOOKS
Rucola are just 15 cm long as sprouts from root tip to leaf top. As microgreens they are 20 cm long. They are green and white.
NUTRIENTS
Rucola / Arugula microgreens and sprouts contain the nutrients: A, B3, C, E, K and Potassium, Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus.
EDIBLE PARTS
As Rucola is mucilaginous and thus need to be cultivated on cotton or hemp mats, you can only eat the stems and leaves of the plants.
TIME
Rucola sprouts take 6 days from dry seed to edible sprout. As microgreens they take 12 days from seed to mature microgreens.
How to grow Organic Rucola Sprouts and Microgreens
1
Measure the amount of organic Rucola seeds. 10 x 10 cm hemp on a tray needs 3 gram dry seeds.
2
Soak the cotton or hemp mat in fresh, cold, drinking water and distribute the seeds evenly. Place the tray in shade.
3
While the cotton/hemp is soaked, your rucola seeds absorb the needed amount of water to start sprouting.
4
Keep the hemp mat constantly moist but not directly wet for the next 7 days. Place the tray in shade.
5
Your Rucola sprouts are mature after 6 days, and your microgreens are ready for harvest after 14 days.
6
As the plants grow on cotton or hemp mats, you can only eat the stems and leaves on your Rucola plants.
Tips for Organic Rucola Sprouts and Microgreens
COTTON OR HEMP MAT
Rucola or Arugula need to grow on cotton woll or hemp mats as these seeds are mucilaginous – they form gel when wet.
Whether you choose cotton or hemp is not important.
However, it is important, that you choose 100% organic quality. This way your plants do not absorb unwanted substances, but can grow well and healthy for your benefit.
CHOOSE SPROUTING SEEDS
You can often buy Rucola – Arugula – Garden rocked seeds for garden cultivation.
But garden seeds are often sprayed with anti-fungi to help them withstand the natural fungi and bacteria in soil.
However, anti-fungi will give you a stomach ache, so always only buy certified sprouting seeds for your sprouts and microgreens cultivation.
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