lettuce seeds....

  • 3 Replies
  • 1395 Views
*

courgette

  • Full Member
  • **
  • 99
lettuce seeds....
« on: February 27, 2008, 11:38 »
do things like lettuces, carrots, onions flower? Most probably a dumb question, :oops:  but was wondering where the seeds came from if not?

*

compostqueen

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • 16597
lettuce seeds....
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2008, 11:48 »
yes they do. Some veggies can be left to go to seed which you can then collect and sow the following year. That is if they're not hybrids.  Real Seeds company specialises in these veggies  :D

*

gobs

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Location: Chesterfield, UK
  • 8466
lettuce seeds....
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2008, 20:51 »
Of course they do. Lettuce will flower in the same year, the other two are biennials, so the next season is more likely, but commonly can happen in same year, called bolting, loss of veg. Some vegetable flowers are really pretty, worth letting a few be anyway.

Most likely you won't like that they do. :lol:
"Words... I know exactly what words I'm wanting to say, but somehow or other they is always getting squiff-squiddled around." R Dahl

*

Trillium

  • Guest
lettuce seeds....
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2008, 22:12 »
I find that onions from sets tend to bolt to seed in the year I plant them so I stick with onion seeds and don't have that problem anymore. I let a few non hybrids bolt for seed collecting as I find these far tastier than many of the hybrids. And they're loads cheaper  :wink:


xx
radish & lettuce seeds looking the same

Started by Lulu on Grow Your Own

5 Replies
1742 Views
Last post April 03, 2010, 23:56
by blackbob
xx
Onion Seeds and a bit of lettuce

Started by adri on Grow Your Own

23 Replies
4697 Views
Last post January 17, 2010, 20:59
by ROYAL=BD=
xx
Need something different to lettuce

Started by Notty1975 on Grow Your Own

7 Replies
1993 Views
Last post May 09, 2018, 23:23
by Pimento
question
Lettuce help please

Started by mad mark on Grow Your Own

4 Replies
1555 Views
Last post May 12, 2009, 16:49
by mad mark
 

Page created in 0.456 seconds with 29 queries.

Powered by SMFPacks Social Login Mod
Powered by SMFPacks SEO Pro Mod |