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Successive crops?

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  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664

    raisingirl  interplanting and catch cropping is another matter entirely. 
  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664

    Fairygirl  solving lettuce bolting hot weather is easy. you
    just need to restrict day length. 
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    war garden 572 said:

    Fairygirl  solving lettuce bolting hot weather is easy. you
    just need to restrict day length. 
     :D  There you go @Fairygirl. If you want to grow lettuce, just move a few hundred miles south every summer. Easy  B)
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    raisingirl said:
    war garden 572 said:

    Fairygirl  solving lettuce bolting hot weather is easy. you
    just need to restrict day length. 
     :D  There you go @Fairygirl. If you want to grow lettuce, just move a few hundred miles south every summer. Easy  B)
    @Fairygirl doesn’t need to do that @raisingirl … she has a magic wand 🧚‍♂️ 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    yes of course. Silly me
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Best laugh I've had all morning, don't you have timers up there in Scotland @Fairygirl to regulate your day length hours as needed for lettuces?   :)
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    That's where I'm going wrong - I'll just pack up and move to your location or @Lyn's @raisingirl!  :D

    I know @floralies - I'm clearly a moron. Maybe I could tuck the lettuce up in the house instead -  in the hall cupboard, or even out in the shed, and set a timer for them to get up much later.  ;)
    How very dare we have so much daylight in summer....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    😂
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2023
    Hmm 🤔 @Fairygirl … lettuces in raised bed or bunk beds … consider … ? 
    🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱  🛏 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Oh -don't pander to the b*ggers @Dovefromabove.
    They're lucky they get looked after at all  ;)
    Mind you - a bunk bed might make it harder for the slugs. They'd maybe need ropes and crampons instead of slithering up something a bit smaller.
    I'll look into it....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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