Nemesis Wild Arugula is a striking F1 hybrid with deep red veins running through its leaves, bringing both visual drama and spicy intensity to salads and cooked dishes. This wild arugula variety reaches harvest-ready size in just 40 days, making it one of the quickest routes to peppery greens on your plate. It grows as a compact bush, thriving in cool seasons and adapting well to both field beds and protected growing environments like greenhouses and high tunnels.
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Moderate
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The red-veined foliage of Nemesis delivers visual punch alongside its characteristic wild arugula bite. At 40 days to harvest, you'll be cutting leaves in under six weeks, and the plant's structure allows for repeated harvests by cutting just above the basal plate. This F1 hybrid shows the vigor you'd expect from hybrid breeding while maintaining the complex, peppery flavor that makes wild arugula distinct from milder salad types.
Nemesis works beautifully in raw salads where its red veins add visual intrigue alongside the sharp, peppery bite characteristic of wild arugula. The leaves are harvested when they reach 3 to 6 inches and can be used fresh in mixed greens, or chopped into grain bowls and pasta dishes. Even after flowering, the leaves remain edible with an intensified sharpness, and the edible flowers themselves offer a milder peppery note for garnishing.
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Direct sow Nemesis wild arugula directly into the garden bed or containers where it will grow. Sow seeds thinly, as wild arugula seeds are numerous (approximately 100,700 seeds per ounce) and even coverage is important for uniform growth.
Begin harvesting when leaves reach 3 to 6 inches in size. Use a knife to cut about an inch above the soil, making sure to cut above the basal plate to allow the plant to regrow cleanly for repeated harvests. After the first cutting, the plant will be ready for another harvest in 5 to 14 days depending on growing conditions. The leaves can continue to be used even after the plant flowers, though the flavor becomes noticeably sharper at that stage. Edible flowers can be harvested and used as garnish.
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