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Jack1000

09-07-2004 03:03 AM

lettuces

I planted about 5 different lettuces, and they were great. I have been picking
leaves from around the sides of the plants thinking that they would last all
summer, but now they are starting to bolt. Is there anything I can do to keep
them from going to seed? Or at least from getting bitter.

Jack in hot NYC

Katra

09-07-2004 08:02 AM

lettuces

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(Jack1000) wrote:

I planted about 5 different lettuces, and they were great. I have been picking
leaves from around the sides of the plants thinking that they would last all
summer, but now they are starting to bolt. Is there anything I can do to keep
them from going to seed? Or at least from getting bitter.

Jack in hot NYC

Pinch out the bolt???

That's what I do with Basil. :-)
And coleus.

K.

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simy1

09-07-2004 09:02 PM

lettuces

(Jack1000) wrote in message ...
I planted about 5 different lettuces, and they were great. I have been picking
leaves from around the sides of the plants thinking that they would last all
summer, but now they are starting to bolt. Is there anything I can do to keep
them from going to seed? Or at least from getting bitter.

Jack in hot NYC

the standard answer is you seed a few plants every month or so. But
that is not what I do. What I do is plant twice (once in september and
once in april) lettuces with different maturing time (that buys you a
month) and most important, some in full sun and some in shade. The
shaded ones are still going strong and because they are interplanted
in garlic I usually pull them when I pull the garlic in early august.
You can also increase the degree of shade, such as obtained under the
tomatoes. Under the zucs there is too much shade.

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