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Re: Bolting?

At 05:42 PM 7/18/97 UT, you wrote:
>I've been reading this list and others for a time, yet I haven't taken note of
>exactly what bolting is.  Why do they call it "bolting?"  How can you tell if
>something has bolted in the garden, if you're a newbie?
>
>Lisa Lisa
>"boltless" in Yorba Linda

Bolting, of leafy or root vagetables, means to go to seed, especially when
you don't want it to. For most veggies, bolting is accompanied by a marked
deterioration in taste. You can tell that something has bolted because it
sends up a flower stalk. Spinach bolts as soon as it gets hot (in the late
spring for most of the US). Lettuce usually bolts the week you are on vacation.

I'm not sure where Yorba Linda is, but i have a feeling your bolting
"schedule" is different from that of most of the US. Most likely, you can
grow lettuce and spinach only when most of the country is battling snowstorms.

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