DOING THE BOLT

WHEN VEGIES AND HERBS FLOWER PREMATURELY IT REDUCES THEIR QUALITY AND FLAVOUR, BUT THERE ARE STRATEGIES WE CAN USE TO AVOID THIS

Angelo Eliades

As part of their natural cycle, plants go through a vegetative stage of growth, where the focus is on growing leaves and stems to gather energy through photosynthesis. This captured energy is stored to support future growth and reproduction. With many vegetables and herbs, we harvest the leaves, stems or roots during this growth phase. As the growing season ends, plants transition to their reproductive stage. They grow taller, develop flowering stalks and produce flowers and seeds. To do this, plants need to divert their resources from leaf and stem development to flowering and seed production, prioritising reproduction over further vegetative growth. WHAT IS BOLTING AND WHY IS IT UNDESIRABLE? Bolting is the premature flowering of a plant before it’s typically harvested, a phenomenon often triggered by environmental factors such…

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