Market Farming

[Mmneedham AT aol.com]

In a message dated 06/09/2001 11:31:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
fullcircle AT jps.net writes:

> Bolting  really is triggered by temperature in broccoli (and 
> crucifers) not day length..


I wasn't commenting on bolting.  I was commenting on the statement,

> Once the seeds start to mature, the plant will stop blooming and put most of 
> its
> nutrients into seed production.  This means that we can keep plants
> fruiting all season (or until they die) by harvesting fruit before seeds
> start to mature.  (True for annuals.)


It seemed to imply that if you kept harvesting you could control the plant's 
cycle.  I was taught this was not always the case.  Guess I'm going to have 
to hunt up those notes to explain this more fully.

Marj