MICRORADICLE

Cultivars / Leafy greens

Sylvetta

Arugula · Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Plant in engine

DTM

40 d

57 d occupancy · hardy

Rows

5

1½ in in-row

Density

40

plants / bed-ft

Yield

0.5

lb / bed-ft

Direct $/ft

$5.28

$12.00 / lb

30 in bed · cross sectionscale 1:8 · looking east
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Propagation

Method
Direct seed
Cell size
Nursery lead
direct only
Germination
4 d
Germ temp
40°F – 85°F (opt 70°F)
Seed spacing
1 in

Field geometry · 30 in

Bed width
30 in
Rows / bed
5
In-row
1½ in
Seed spacing
1 in
Plants / linear ft
40
Plants / 50 ft
2000

Timeline

DTM from field
40 d
Holding
5 d
Occupancy
57 d
Multicut
yes · 2 cuts · 12 d
Fall photoperiod
×1.3
Frost hardiness
Hardy

Yield & revenue

Sales unit
lb
Units / bed-ft
0.5
Avg unit wt
1 lb
Target lb / bed-ft
0.5 lb
Cull rate
12%
Wholesale / Direct
$8.00 / $12.00

Irrigation

Drip lines / bed
2
Emitter spacing
8 in
Emitter GPH
0.42
Weekly water
0.9 in
GPH / 50 ft
63
Gal / week · 50 ft
70.1

Soil extraction

Fertility demand
Light
N / 100 bed-ft
0.9 lb
P / 100 bed-ft
0.22 lb
K / 100 bed-ft
1 lb
N-P-K / 50 ft
0.5 / 0.1 / 0.5 lb
Family
Brassicaceae

On this farm · 50 ft block

Season window
2026-03-04 → 2026-11-10
First greenhouse
First harvest
2026-04-13
Successions that fit
12 · every 10 d
Bed-ft for 50 lb
114 ft
Seed for 50 ft
2353 seeds · 2000 plants
Wholesale / Direct · 50 ft
$176.00 / $264.00

Notes

Wild rocket. Slower, more pungent, cut-and-come-again.

Companions

lettuce · carrot

Avoid

strawberry