How to tend a Eruca sativa
Also known as: Raphanus eruca (L.) Crantz, Sinapis eruca (L.) Vest, Brassica eruca L., Brassica lativalvis Boiss., Eruca cappadocica Reut., Eruca cappadocica var. eriocarpa Boiss., Eruca deserti Pomel, Eruca eruca (L.) Asch. & Graebn., Eruca foetida Moench, Eruca grandiflora Cav., Eruca lanceolata Pomel, Eruca lativalvis Boiss., Eruca longirostris Uechtr., Eruca oleracea J.St.-Hil., Eruca sativa (L.) Mill., Eruca sativa subsp. lativalvis (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet, Eruca sativa subsp. longirostris (Uechtr.) Jahand. & Maire, Eruca stenocarpa Boiss. & Reut., Eruca vesicaria subsp. lativalvis (Boiss.) Thell., Eruca vesicaria subsp. longirostris (Uechtr.) Emb. & Maire, Euzomum sativum Link, Eruca sativa var. eriocarpa (Boiss.) Post, Eruca latirostris Boiss., Eruca sativa var. oblongifolia Pasqual., Eruca sativa var. erysimoides (Pourr.) Fiori, Eruca sativa var. stenocarpa (Boiss. & Reut.) Coss., Eruca sativa var. sativa Mill., Sinapis eruca (L.) Vest, Brassica erysimoides Sieber ex Spreng., Eruca sativa subvar. lativalvis Coss.
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Water thoroughly when soil is dry, avoid saturated water
Sunlight
Like sunshine, resistant to half shade
Soil
Deep loose and fertile soil
Fertilizer
Top-dressing weekly in vegetative stages
Pruning
Remove dead and diseased branches timely
About this plant
- Origin
- China, Europe
- Category
- Cruciferae, Eruca
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height 15-18 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period May-June, flowering period July-August
- Flower colors
- yellow, then white, with purple marks, fruit color brown
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