[mushroom]

hi,

My rocket patch is growing really well in all this damp, but I find it's not that flavoursome. Is it not the case that the best salad rocket, where best is that horseradishy hotness, is obtained when there is loads of sun?

I made some pesto from it and it's not hot at all  :cry:

[Lynne]

I'm not as expert as others on here, but I have grown rocket for some years and I think the peppery taste is the particular type you use. I think you can get wild rocket or salad rocket and one is peppery, the other isn't. I can't remember which is which I'm afraid. :oops:

[Annie]

I grow both types and it is at its hottest just before it bolts then it is really strong.I love it like that too especially to liven up sandwiches at work.

[mushroom]

I have the one with white flowers. It's a bit horseradishy. The older leaves more so. I wondered if the lack of sun made it less so.

[Annie]

I don`t think so as rocket  can be sown early and up until september/october and a later sowing in the greenhouse.If your rocket has flowered(bolted)then the flavour does get hotter,this ruins it for most people so  those of us who like it hot are lucky.

[mushroom]

They've been trying to set for weeks but i've been pinching the flowers out. I'll let them bolt now. Yeah my tastes are spicy. I find fresh chili refreshing. Tonight i had a veg curry with chili and lime pickle side  :shock:  

[Annie]

You can eat the flowers too...

[muntjac]

stick some sulphate of amonia on the soil around the plants 1/2 teaspoon per n water em .............watch em go n then taste em  :twisted:

[Jim T]

stick some sulphate of amonia on the soil around the plants 1/2 teaspoon per n water em .............watch em go n then taste em  :twisted:

 :?: 1/2 teaspoon per what, MJ?