Did you planted your Sweet Rocket in full sun?
Did you planted your Sweet Rocket in a well-drained soil?
Did you provide a humid environment for your plant if you're growing it indoors?
Are you making sure that the soil is consistently moist, but never soggy or flooded?
Do you feed your Sweet Rocket regularly?
Do you prune your Sweet rocket plant to keep it tidy and prevent self-seeding?
Do you keep your Sweet Rocket free of pests and diseases?
Full sun is perfect for these plants if you’re in cooler climates, but those in warmer ones may want to provide partial afternoon shade to protect their plant. Aim for a minimum of six hours of sunlight whenever possible.
As long as the soil is well-draining, sweet rockets will grow in it. It’s tolerant of all types of soil but performs the best in a blend of sandy soil and loamy soil. Tolerant of multiple pH ranges as well, it can grow in pH levels ranging from 5-8. Aim for a neutral range and it should be fine.
Indoors, provide a pebble tray with water underneath your pots to combat the typically dry conditions found in a central air environment.
Consistent watering of about an inch per week during non-rainy weather is the best way to maintain your dame’s rocket. Be sure that excess moisture freely drains away, as soggy soil can lead to root rot.
You don’t need to fertilize dame’s rocket. This plant needs only the slightest bit of soil nutrition. Applying about an inch of compost around your plants once a year should be plenty of fertilizer for their needs.
Most of your pruning will center around keeping the plant trimmed down to a reasonable height and deadheading flowers or seed pods. In the late summer, trimming it back to a shorter height is recommended to prevent self-seeding.
Good job! You are taking good care of your Sweet Rocket.
Flea beetles find the sweet rocket flowers and stem to be delicious treats. Use pyrethrin or spinosad-based spray to kill these off, and neem oil to prevent them. Snails and slugs will nibble on the leaves. An organic snail and slug bait keep them away. Powdery mildew is not uncommon on dame’s rocket. Neem oil is both a preventative and a treatment for this annoying problem.
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Hi! I’m Sreten Filipović. I graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, with a master's degree in Environmental Protection in Agricultural Systems. I’ve worked as a researcher at Finland's Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) on a project aimed at adapting south-western Finland to drought episodes. I founded a consulting agency in the field of environment and agriculture to help farmers who want to implement the principles of sustainability on their farms. I’m also a founding member of the nonprofit organization Ecogenesis from Belgrade whose main goal is non-formal education on the environment and ecology. In my spare time, I like to write blog posts about sustainability, the environment, animal farming, horticulture, and plant protection. I’ve also published several science-fiction short stories.
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