Vegetables Radicchio, Radish, Rhubarb and Rocket

Radicchio

Becoming a popular salad crop, producing a strong red leaf colour for use in mixed salad leaf.
Av 50 seeds Key AV = Average quantity of seeds in packet, click link to add to basket.

Radicchio Ingigo
Organic Sourced. A mid - early main crop variety, uniform round heads with green outer leaves, deep maroon with white rib leaves, good tolerance to bolting. Sow March to May harvest June to November. Ideal for salads, mixed salad leaf packs. RHS Award of Garden Merit

£1.55 Av 50 seeds

Radish
(Raphanus sativus)
For late spring crops sow late winter (under cloches) to spring, for cropping Autumn onwards sow midsummer, position in a sunny sheltered site, sow thinly 1cm deep, in rows 20-25cm apart thin to 15cm apart. Sow every 14 days in succession for continual harvest throughout the growing season.
Sow radish as a catch crop between rows.

Radish Rat Tails
Radish rat tails a radish that is harvest above ground, grown for the long slender edible seed pods. A popular kitchen garden vegetable from the 1800's hot and spicy flavoured pods are used raw in salads, snacks or cooked. Harvest while the pods are young and tender. Sow spring onwards in situ when the ground has warmed up. Height 1m+ Stake plants as they can become top heavy. 60 seeds per gram

£1.25 Av 2 gram

	Radish Candela di Fuoco Rhaphanus sativus Radish Candela De Fuoco Candle of fire, a red skinned radish with succulent long tapered roots, crisp white flesh. Quick to mature Italian Ravanello (Radish) ideal for salads, sow from February to September in sun or semi shade. £0.69 Av 110 seeds
	Radish Ping Pong F1 Pure white variety a good shape and uniformity. Nice crisp texture contrasts very well with the purple and red varieties in salads, mild flavoured. RHS Award of Garden Merit £1.25 Av 250 seeds

Radish Amethyst F1
Striking purple skinned variety with crisp white flesh, good shape and strong tops, slow to go pithy. RHS Award of Garden Merit

£1.35 Av 250 seeds

Radish Saxa ORGANIC SOURCED
Sow February to August Harvest approx 4 weeks after sowing
Produces round, scarlet roots that are early to mature. Early Indoor sowings can be made in glasshouse, cold frame or under cloches, outdoors sow thinly. RHS Award of Garden Merit

£1.25 Av 500 seeds

Radish Black Spanish Round
Autumn and Winter harvesting, large round black skinned roots with pure white crisp flesh. Ideal for salads, stir fry and cooking. Sow July and August.

£1.40 Av 500 seeds

Radish Cherry Belle
A standard early round globe variety, red skinned with a mild flavour. RHS award of Garden Merit

£1.20 Av 1,000 seeds

Radish China Rose
Autumn and Winter harvesting, large variety with rose coloured skin ideal for salads and cooking. Very popular for micro greens. Sow July and August

£1.40 Av 500 seeds

Radish Daikon
Oriental Radish. Large long white tapered roots. Normally cut into strips and are Ideal in salads, roasted, stir-fried, grated. Very popular for micro greens.

£1.25 Av 1,000 seeds

Radish French Breakfast
Oval shaped with white tip. A vigorous fast maturing mild flavoured radish.

£1.15 Av 1,000 seeds

Radish Jolly
A top quality Cherry Belle type with strong foliage and intense red coloured roots with very little woodiness. Better holding ability than other Cherry Belle types.

£1.30 Av 500 seeds

Radish Long White Icicle
Pure white roots with excellent crisp flesh

£1.20 Av 500 seeds

Radish Scarlet Globe
Red globe shaped roots with delicate tasty white flesh. RHS Award of Garden Merit

£1.20 Av 1,000 seeds

Rhubarb

Sow February to May in drills 2.5cm deep, thin to 25cm apart. Planting out in their final position during the following winter. Do not harvest until second year after planting.

Rhubarb Victoria
Very popular main crop variety. This heavy yielding, long stalked variety is a good low maintenance crop. 1gram approx 65 seeds

£1.85 Av 1 gram pkt

Rhubarb Glaskins Perpetual
Long stemmed with bright juicy red stalks. Early maturing and establishes quickly. 1gram approx 65 seeds

£1.85 Av 1 gram pkt

Rocket
Roquette

Rocket Ruccola Coltivata Hardy Annual
Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa
Italian cultivated rocket or Mediterranean Rocket, Ruccola (Rocket) Quick growing, robust plant with pungent leaves. Ideal on its own or in with mixed salad leaves. Ideal baby leaf.

£0.79 Av 500 seeds

Rocket Fireball - Wild Rocket   Perennial
The hottest wild rocket available, use in salads, mixed salad leaves and stir-fry. A very health giving plant aiding digestion, acting as a tonic and purifies the blood. Successional sowing of Rocket wild salad will ensure a continual fresh supply. Ideal baby leaf.

£1.10 Av 250 seeds

Rocket Salad     Annual
Eruca sativa - Rocket Salad, Cultivated Rocket, Italian Cress, Rucola
Excellent choice for salads Sow from February to September, successional sowings every few weeks for a constant supply. The young leaves which have a distinctive hot spicy flavour are used in salads. Can be grown in a pot on the windowsill and can be included in a cress and mustard mix. Cut and come again crop. Sow in situ (or pots/trays), thinly 1cm deep, 30cm between rows, thin to 15cm. Very popular for peppery micro greens. Approx 700 seeds per gram.

£1.20 Av 1,400 seeds
£4.25 Av 10 gram pkt

Rocket Salad      Organic Sourced       Annual
Eruca sativa - Arugula Oruga Roquette
Rocket salad an excellent choice for salads or adding to mixed salad leaves, sow from February to September. The young leaves which have a distinctive hot spicy flavour are used in salads. Can be grown in a pot on the windowsill and can be included in a cress and mustard mix, mixed lettuce leaves, baby leaf mix, micro greens. Approx 600 seeds per gram

£1.25 Av 1,200 seeds

£4.75 Av 10 gram pkt

Rocket Sky Rocket       Annual
Eruca sativa
A well lobed salad rocket type, quick growing baby leaf and ready to cut in 25-30 days with a succulent rocket flavour. Bred for the flavour of Wild Rocket and the growing habit of rocket, a slow bolter and slow to stress. Approx 500 seeds per gram
£1.10 Av 1,000 seeds

£3.75 Av 10 gram pkt

Rocket Voyager
Diplotaxis erucoides
Salad Rocket Voyager has the serrated leaves of wild rocket, but with a distinctive flavour that is tangy and peppery. Suitable for normal or baby leaf production. Very popular with the catering trade. Approx 3,000 seeds per gram
£1.10 Av 1,400 seeds

£6.95 Av 5 gram pkt

Rocket Sweet                Perennial
Hesperis matronalis
Dame's Violet, Sweet Rocket, Dame's Rocket, Garden Rocket
A mixture of violet and white flowers. The young leaves are used in salads as a cress substitute, it is more pungent than rocket or cress and is used sparingly. Was once used dried on board ship as they are rich in vitamin C. The leaves are picked prior to flowering.
It is a short lived perennial and is often grown as a biennial. During summer evenings the flowers give off an intense fragrance. A good attractor for bees, butterflies and moths. Prefers a well drained site in sun or part shade. Sow spring in situ or indoors plant out summer, sow July for planting out the following spring.

£1.10 Av 100 seeds

Rocket Olive Leaved   Annual
A traditional Italian rocket with olive shaped rounded dark green leaves, with the taste of wild rocket, hot and peppery.
£1.20 Av 900 seeds

Rocket Wild           Perennial
Eruca vesicaria
Rocket Wild a wild fiery rocket having a stronger flavour than Eruca sativa, a strong peppery flavour and extremely tender, use in salads and stir-fry. A very health giving plant aiding digestion, acting as a tonic and purifies the blood. Successional sowing of wild rocket seeds will ensure a continual fresh supply. Grows like wildfire, it can be sown all year round in milder climates or given some protection in colder areas. Ideal baby leaf.

£1.25 Av 1,000 seeds

Wild Rocket Discovery    Perennial
Diplotaxis erucoides
Discovery has the serrated dark leaves of wild rocket but with a distinctive tangy peppery flavour. Leaves are more upright and is slower to bolt than the standard wild rocket. Suitable for both normal and baby leaf rocket. 2 gram approx 900 seeds

£1.25 Av 2 gram pkt

Rocket Wild Salad Oak Leaf   Perennial   Av 250 seeds
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Oak leaf wild rocket has a stronger flavour than Eruca sativa, use in salads, mixed salad leaves and stir-fry. A very health giving plant aiding digestion, acting as a tonic and purifies the blood. Successional sowing of Rocket wild salad will ensure a continual fresh supply. Ideal baby leaf.

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Turkish Rocket
Similar to Salad Rocket but having a slightly darker leaf. Can be added to the mixtures for more variety. Leaves and young stems are used raw or cooked and are an excellent ingredient to salads, they make an excellent vegetable. Sow early spring in cold frame and transplant early summer or sow in situ spring onwards.

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The cultural information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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