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Rocket problem

Hi, I have recently sown Rocket in a module tray and the resulting seedlings have grown so tall that they can barely stand. I really don't want to lose the crop. Any advice on a fix? Has this ever happened to you?

Thanks in advance image

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  • dannyboy10dannyboy10 Posts: 127

    Eat them now.

    Not enough light that is why their are leggy

  • Lupin 1Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

    Danm,  rocket can be sown directly into the garden. I somtimes grow in pots to get an early crop, but it doesn't want growing in small cells. Plant it outside now it might be okay and sow more seeds around it. image

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    I sowed my rocket seeds last autumn and overwintered in cold frame, they are short stocky plants because i picked the middles out, perhaps you didnt?

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Thanks for advice. This is the first year i've sown Rocket. I will not trust the seed pack information again. I may transplant them out now and hope for the best.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,128

    I'd sow some more direct into the garden as well - I find that rocket is best sown successionally at 6 week intervals throughout spring and early summer.  image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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