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| gramadinah |
Posted - Jul 19 2010 : 11:19:02 AM
I have a salad table and just went out to get some and it is very bitter. All 4 kinds I have in it. And they are not bitter type lettuces. And not 5 days ago they were fine. What happened any body know?
Diana
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| laurentany |
Posted - Jul 23 2010 : 8:18:25 PM
I agree that it is the heat
that makes it bitter... I believe it is referred to as "bolting"
We had that happen here on Long Island as well with our record heat we've been having!
Laurie-
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| sherrye |
Posted - Jul 20 2010 : 08:13:00 AM
lettuce and kohl crops like cabbage are cool loving plants. heat triggers them to bolt and flower. save your seed and it will be a stronger variety for your garden. if you used true seeds not hybrids. just a thought happy days sherrye
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| Ingrid |
Posted - Jul 20 2010 : 07:21:00 AM
The heat is what did it to my. We had sudden heat. Cool one day and then super hot the next. The lettuce was yucky very quickly.
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 19 2010 : 11:54:14 AM
The heat will do it every time. I have some bibb lettuce that was wonderful one day and bitter the next...last week. ugh! I am hating what this heat has done for my salad greens!! Time to start some new seedlings indoors for me.
Jenny in Utah
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jul 19 2010 : 11:41:00 AM
Lots of things can do that. The amount of water, fertilizer, heat, and some types get that way just before they bolt. Mine went bitter about 2 weeks ago.
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