[Market-farming] Arugula

Willie McKemie mf at austinfarm.org
Fri Apr 17 10:39:03 EDT 2009


On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 08:01:50AM -0400, Allan Balliett wrote:
> Friends -
> 
> I hate to admit it, but I just have never gotten the hang of growing arugula.

I grow arugula pretty much year 'round.  Some times of year it does 
poorly, some well.  Right now, it's "well".  "Astro" variety.  Just 
jumps out of the ground; germinates better than just about anything 
else.  With good conditions, about 4-5 weeks from seeding to picking 
and then several weeks of picking.  When I have labor to pick it, I 
plant the next planting just before we start picking the older one.  
Sometimes shot hole making insects cause trouble, probably flea 
beetles.  This year, for the first time, I got some harlequin bugs in 
it.  It is very sensitive to probably the spreader in sprays.  Even the 
lowest effective concentrations spot leaves.  One ounce of Mustang and 
one ounce of spreader in 15 gallons of water applied over an acre may 
cause spotting even if sprayed at sunset.  At times, we get apparent 
diseases that makes leaves too ugly to pick  In the winter, we get 
freeze burn but not kill.  We have many warm spells during the winter 
when arugula is pickable.  It survives, but does not thrive, in our 
summers.

Central Texas.

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