Plants Bolting. Weather often is a. Bolting is a process that occurs in herbs and some vegetable plants when temperatures become hotter than theyd like causing them to grow quickly and produce seed heads in a final attempt to carry on their genetic line.
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Bolting in lettuces is well studied with research going back close to a century. The trouble is that bolting can affect the quality of your harvest. Spinach flourishes in cold weather.
It can happen in spring when cool-season crops respond to the warmer temperatures and longer days.
You can also use these seeds six to eight weeks before the first frost in fall. This phenomenon is known as bolting. When it happens many plants take on a bitter taste and the foliage becomes tough rendering it useless. Weather often is a.
