Herb
Slow Bolt Rocket
A tier
Slow bolt rocket is selected to resist flowering in warmth—extending the harvest window when ordinary Eruca races to seed and turns harsh. Leaves stay usable longer with moderated bitterness. Essential for summer plantings and warm greenhouses. Still peppery; “slow bolt” buys days, not immortality, in extreme heat.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Greenhouse LeafSuccessionSummer Salad
Traits
Bolt ResistantCultivatedExtended HarvestPepperyPracticalSlow BoltWarm Season
History
Breeders selected slow-bolting rocket lines for warm-season leaf production.
Seed catalogues marketed slow bolt rocket for summer salads.
Protected culture used slow bolt types to reduce waste from flowering.
Home gardeners in hot climates preferred slow bolt rocket seed.