Best time to plant rocket in Rockhampton
Eruca sativa
Also called arugula, salad rocket, roquette
Sow rocket in Rockhampton in Mar to Oct.
Rocket, known as arugula in North America, is a fast-growing annual salad green in the cabbage family, grown for its lobed, peppery leaves. Young leaves are milder and heat sharpens the flavour. The cream flowers with dark veins are edible too. Perennial wild rocket is a separate plant, from the genus Diplotaxis.
When to sow in Rockhampton
Rockhampton, QLD is in the subtropical zone. Its months for rocket apply here without a frost adjustment.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Rockhampton
Frost usually arrives in Rockhampton around late July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid July or as late as early August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 3mm
- Plant spacing
- 20cm
- Row spacing
- 25cm
- Height
- 30cm
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.