Bolting means that a plant that is grown for its leaves, like a lettuce, puts up a flowering stalk. It usually means that the plant is unusable.
Of course, almost all plants will flower, but we've developed our vegetable varieties to delay this so that we can eat the leaves.
However, if a plant is subjected to stress, e.g. lack of water, or if it's sown at the wrong time of the year, it will try to flower sooner than we want it to.
Hope that's clear - if not please say
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for the info everyone, i have a basil plant in my greenhouse which i like to use just for fresh basil in my meals but it is budding & a flower has just started to develop today. I do just want it for the leaves so should i just trim the flower & the buds off?
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Bolting means that a plant that is grown for its leaves, like a lettuce, puts up a flowering stalk. It usually means that the plant is unusable.
Of course, almost all plants will flower, but we've developed our vegetable varieties to delay this so that we can eat the leaves.
However, if a plant is subjected to stress, e.g. lack of water, or if it's sown at the wrong time of the year, it will try to flower sooner than we want it to.
Hope that's clear - if not please say
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for the info everyone, i have a basil plant in my greenhouse which i like to use just for fresh basil in my meals but it is budding & a flower has just started to develop today. I do just want it for the leaves so should i just trim the flower & the buds off?
All flowers & buds removed & normal service is now resumed