Gemini said A close-up photograph capturing a dense tray of vibrant, light green sprouting rocket microgreens growing in rich dark soil within a rustic wooden container. Natural daylight illuminates the intertwining stems and cotyledon leaves, set against a softly blurred background hinting at a sunlit greenhouse with potted herbs and a metal watering can.
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Bishy Barnabee's Cottage Garden

Rocket Sprouting

Familiar peppery-nutty rocket flavour in a fresh microgreen ready in 7-10 days

£2.60

The one microgreen that needs no introduction. All the peppery-nutty character of mature rocket in a tender, vivid green seedling - grown minutes before it hits your plate. The kitchen essential you never have to explain.

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Key features

  • Familiar peppery-nutty rocket flavour in a cleaner milder form
  • Ready to harvest in 7-10 days from sowing
  • No pre-soaking required - direct sow onto damp compost
  • Grows year-round on any bright windowsill - no garden needed
  • Same species as mature rocket - Eruca sativa Mediterranean heritage
  • Kitchen staple ingredient not exotic garnish - use everywhere you use rocket
  • Beginner-friendly with reliable germination
  • Available in 50g and 100g packet sizes
Weight 50g variant OR 100g variant. Approximate seed count per gram varies
Coverage 50g packet = approximately 3-5 x 20cm trays of dense sowing. 100g packet = approximately 6-10 x 20cm trays of dense sowing. Single tray sowing needs approximately 10-20g seed spread as dense single layer.
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About this product

Full description

The microgreen that needs no explanation. If you already use rocket on pizza, in salads and through pasta, you will use this the same way — and the difference in freshness is considerable. Rocket that has spent three days in a plastic bag is a different thing from rocket cut minutes before it hits the plate.

The microgreen version is cleaner and milder than the mature leaf. Full-grown rocket develops sharper, sometimes bitter notes over weeks of growth; harvested at seven to ten days you get the same peppery-nutty character without the bite or the woody stem.

Bright indirect light suits it best — strong sun through glass toughens the shoots and pushes them towards bitterness, so an east or north-facing sill is better than a south one. No pre-soaking, sow direct, seven to ten days to harvest.

Care and use
SOWING (Day 0):
- Fill shallow tray (5-7cm deep) with moist seed compost or vermiculite
- Damp not soggy - well-drained essential
- Scatter seeds thickly across surface in single dense layer
- Do NOT pre-soak - direct sowing correct for this variety
- Press gently into contact with compost

DARKNESS PHASE (Days 1-3):
- Cover with second tray or cardboard to exclude light
- Keep at 18-22°C
- Do not water unless surface drying
- Darkness triggers stem elongation

LIGHT PHASE (Day 3-4):
- Uncover when shoots are 2-3cm tall
- Move to bright windowsill (indirect light preferred - strong direct
sun through glass increases bitterness)
- Shoots green up within 24 hours
- Mist twice daily with spray bottle

GROWING (Days 5-10):
- Continue misting twice daily
- Growth accelerates visibly each day
- Peppery aroma develops even before harvest

HARVEST (Day 7-10):
- Harvest when shoots are 5-8cm tall
- Seed leaves should be fully open and greened up
- Cut with sharp scissors just above soil line
- Rinse briefly, dry gently, use fresh

LIMITED SECOND HARVEST:
- Leave 1-2cm of stem when cutting first harvest
- Continue misting
- Second flush possible in 7-10 days but less vigorous
- Most growers find fresh sowing more productive