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| Lettuce ready to give seeds? |
Is this true for lettuce? Here is a pic of my lettuce:
SEED SAVING SUPPLIES
Letting lettuce bolt for seed is a great way to keep your garden going for free. A few things that help:
- Seed Saving Envelopes — label and store your homegrown seeds properly.
- Heirloom Lettuce Seeds — start a new bed while you wait on your bolted plants.
Yep.. it has bolted and is getting ready to set seeds. Keep an eye out as they are like dandelions and when ready they send off the white tuft w/ the seed attached. The head will open up when it is ready. Hold a container under the flower cluster, pinch the white fluff.. then roll it between your fingers to kinda twist the fluff to pop off the seeds into the container. (Seperating the fluff from the light seed otherwise is a HUGE pain.) It takes a few times to get the hang of it. Then let the seeds air dry inside for a week or so out of light and they should be set for storage.
ReplyDeleteSeed are dry enough to be stored when they snap when bent in 1/2. If they just bend there is too much moisture in them still.