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arugula seeds - edible?
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Posted by surf_grrl (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 03 at 15:34
| I posted this query on the garden experiments forum, with no reply - hoping for better success here... Are arugula seeds edible? I toasted some the other day, and they were very nice! Just don't know if I ought to continue eating them (would be nice on, say, a carrot salad).
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RE: arugula seeds - edible?
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| I haven't heard of using the seeds for culinary purposes, but the flowers are edible. I hope you're using seeds you've harvested yourself, and not seeds from a packet intended for propagation purposes. You should never eat such seeds, from any plant, because they are often chemically treated, and are processed in such a way that hygiene standards may not come up to 'food hyiene' levels. I think we should investigate further. |
RE: arugula seeds - edible?
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| They are, in fact, my own seeds. I was gathering them, hoping to plant them next year, and thought, hmmm.... wonder what these would taste like... |
RE: arugula seeds - edible?
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| I would say that yes they are...just be sure to use untreated arugula seeds. I grow microgreens with arugula and have taste the just-sprouted seeds and they are wonderful. Have never treid them unsprouted. |
RE: arugula seeds - edible?
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| Green radish seed pods are a well know salad ingredient. Arugula is closely related and I should imagine they are quite tasty too. Probably a bit peppery. I'll try some next time I'm down at the plot. |
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| Thanks for the replies! They are quite peppery. When toasted in a frying pan, they are peppery with a bit of a nutty taste. Very nice. |
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| surf grrl, would you mind telling me how to harvest arugula seeds? Mine have lots of flowers, but I can't figure out where the seeds are. |
RE: arugula seeds - edible?
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Those seeds are actually usually pretty easy to spot. Mine used to show up in brownish colored seed pods after the flowers were gone.
ldr |
RE: arugula seeds - edible?
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| Thanks LDR, maybe I just have to wait a little longer. |
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| Arugula seeds are definitely edible and good. They are used in Indian and Persian cooking, called "Gargeer" there. We like to add them to bean pots and stews, they impart a nice spicy flavor and a bit of mucilagenous texture. |
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| Wow, gargeer. I had no idea! |
RE: arugula seeds - edible?
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| So to harvest Arugula seeds you need to wait till the pods turn brown? Then you harvest them to have seeds for next year or do they repopulate themselves. My Arugula pods are green but it's still flowering. |
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| Yeah, let the pods nearly dry on the plant, and you can then cut and dry them a little more; the seeds are easy to extract when you crush the dry pods. Arugula will definitely self-seed too, and chances are you'll get volunteers if you let the seeds fully develop on the plant. The white flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies and even hummingbirds, so I enjoy growing them out. |
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| There is also the wild Italian heirloom arugula (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) with yellow flowers that can be perennial here but also reseeds readily. Never tried eating the seeds though. tj |
Microgreen arugula seeds - self-seeding?
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| I bought 6000 microgreen arugula seeds. I really didn't understand how SMALL they are. I am interested in growing them year-round. Can microgreen arugula self-seed or is this some special seed production that doesn't self-seed? If I just leave them in the ground past the first leaf stage, what happens? IsleWalker |
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