Diplotaxis tenuifolia (Rucola sylvestris)
Brand: Franchi
Packaged:3,0 g
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1.40€
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Wild rocket "Selvatica" - Eruca sylvestris (Diplotaxis tenuifolia).
Combines the speed of Salad Rocket and the flavour of Wild Rocket. An upright habit, so keeps the attractive serrated leaves clean and disease free.
Pungency increases as the plants develop. Best cut as small leaves. Slow to bolt.
Sowing Instructions: sow from April to July in any good fertile, well drained soil. Sow thinly 6 mm deep in drills spaced 45-60 cm apart.
Growing Instructions: when the seedlings are large enough to handle thin out to 23-30 cm apart.
Aftercare Instructions: pick the young leaves as required over the whole row rather than just one or two plants as this would weaken them.
As the flower buds appear pinch them out to prolong cropping.
1,0 g = 350-400 seeds.

Rukola Eruca sativa

Heat-loving perennial plant, often grown as an annual. The leaves are collected in a dense basal rosette.
The rosette of leaves is semi-raised, with a diameter of 15-18 cm, and a height of 18-20 cm. From germination to harvesting greenery 20-25 days.
The average weight is 15-20 g. The leaf is green, medium, strongly dissected. Productivity - 1.4-1.6 kg / m2. Valued for its excellent nut-mustard taste and aromaticity.
Juicy leaves are an integral part of various salads from vegetables, fruits, cheese, meat, fish and seafood, an indispensable spicy side dish for meat and fish dishes.
The presence of a peculiar combination of essential oils, vitamin C, PP, group B, carotene, and mineral compounds makes this culture very popular.
The more you pinch it, the better it grows: in the morning I cut off the leaves, and in the evening new ones have already grown!

Rukola Eruca sativa

Agricultural technology.
Sowing in open ground at the end of April to a depth of 1-1.5 cm. Seedlings, if necessary, are thinned out with a distance between plants of 8-10 cm.
To obtain greenery in a continuous mode, repeated crops are carried out with an interval of 2 weeks until the end of August. Very unpretentious and resistant to cold.
Arugula can be effectively grown both in open and protected ground, sowing seeds in a permanent place or planting seedlings.
The seedling method allows you to save seeds and get an earlier and higher yield.
Seeds are sown or seedlings are planted with a row spacing of 30-40 cm, in a row between plants 10-15 cm.
A denser placement of plants is also possible if timely thinning is carried out, which usually occurs when sowing seeds.
Arugula is great for year-round growing at home on the windowsill.

Eng.: Italian Wild Arugula, Sylvetta, Perennial Wallrocket, Sand Mustard, Sand Rocket. Bot. syn.: Eruca muralis, Eruca perennis, Eruca silvestris, Eruca tenuifolia.­

* Calorie content - low, nutritional value - high.
Like almost all other greens, arugula is very low in calories. There are only 25 calories in 100 grams of fresh arugula leaves.
Despite this, the vegetable contains a lot of vital phytochemicals, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals,
which determine the beneficial properties of arugula for health.
First of all, arugula is the richest source of some phytochemicals - indoles, thiocyanates, sulforaphanes and isothiocyanates.
All of them are very effective in combating the carcinogenic effects of estrogens.
Therefore, arugula is very useful for the prevention and treatment of prostate, breast, cervix, colon and ovarian cancer.
For this reason alone, it is obvious that the inclusion of arugula in the diet is necessary for both men and women.
Studies show that regular consumption of arugula actually reduces the risk of developing cancerous tumors,
and also stops the development of these tumors, if they already exist.

In addition, arugula is an important source of vitamin A, which prevents the occurrence of skin, lung and oral cancer.
Arugula is a must-have product for women.
Arugula is a very good source of folate. 100 grams of fresh herbs contain 97 micrograms of folic acid.
This means that the systematic use of arugula in food at the very beginning of pregnancy prevents possible neural tube defects.
in newborns, which is extremely relevant and important for women during pregnancy.
In addition, arugula, like many other green leafy vegetables, helps women maintain youthful skin.
It is enough to regularly include arugula in your diet to smooth out fine wrinkles on the face,
make the skin color on the face more pleasant and uniform, restore its former luster.
For good digestion and strong immunity.
This beneficial property of arugula is due to the high content of B vitamins - thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and pantothenic acid.
All these substances are simply necessary to maintain optimal enzymatic and metabolic functions.
Arugula is useful for various gastric and intestinal diseases, and for food poisoning, it acts almost more effectively than activated charcoal ...
Fresh arugula leaves contain a lot of vitamin C, which is a powerful natural antioxidant.
Rich in vitamin C, arugula helps the body defend itself against various viral diseases, develops resistance to infectious agents,
boosts immunity and removes free radicals from the body.
For this reason, for preventive reasons, arugula is useful for everyone: from young to old.
Arugula also contains many minerals, especially copper and iron, as well as calcium, potassium, manganese and phosphorus.
This, in turn, also has a general strengthening effect on the human body.
Greens for men and women aged.
Arugula is becoming an invaluable green vegetable when it comes to the elderly.
The fact is that arugula is one of the best plant-based sources of vitamin K.
- only 100 grams of arugula provide the daily requirement of this vitamin for an adult.
Vitamin K, in turn, plays a crucial role in bone health, promotes osteotropic activity (the formation and strengthening of bones).
This is especially important for men and women of age, whose bones become more and more fragile every year.
In addition, vitamin K stops damage to neurons in the brain caused by old age,
thus preventing the possibility of Alzheimer's disease. Include arugula in your diet - and be healthy!

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