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    Rocket Lettuce Bolting??

    Hi Guys,
    Is this a flower stem?

    http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...-01-resize.jpg

    It's the first time I've grown rocket and the long stalk reminded me of the stalk that came out of the lettuce I did last year.
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  • #2
    Yes, its a flower stem!! Rocket soon bolts in the warmth. I leave mine to flower and collect the seeds or let it selfseed .
    You can eat the flowers too

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    • #3
      Thanks VC, would It have been better to remove it from the greenhouse at an earlier stage? and if so when should that have been?

      So I guess I should move the other rockets and lettuces outside??

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      • #4
        Nip the flower stem out and keep eating the leaves. Once they've bolted thats really an end to the leaves as they become small and straggly.
        Put your next sowings outdoors and keep up a succession of seedlings for continuity.

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        • #5
          Thanks again!!

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          • #6
            Excellent advice.

            Now, I appreciate that rocket is not to everybody's taste ... Though you get used to it. (I didn't like it at the first go, but now i love it.) But golly gosh, if you want a reliable 'no brainer' organic salad vegetable to grow, rocket is the one.

            You need to be canny with the sowing though, so you have a ready supply coming along and not all at once.

            Such an underrated vegetable!!!!
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            • #7
              Originally posted by NoTWHaTiTWaSNT View Post

              So I guess I should move the other rockets and lettuces outside??
              Yes, neither of them likes the warmth, they do much better kept on the cooler side.
              Provide shade if you can, by planting them amongst taller plants
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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              • #8
                Glad I read this, love rocket and just got a pack with KG, how often should I sow for a continuous supply?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by HavercroftHomegrowns View Post
                  how often should I sow for a continuous supply?
                  little & often
                  All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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