I don’t know if trimming off the flower stalks would encourage them to go back to normal growth, or if I’m just SOL with this batch of seedlings.

[Image description: a close up of a mulched garden bed with a bok choy seedling putting out a thin flower stalk.]

  • fubo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Once they start, they really don’t wanna stop. Which hemisphere are you in?

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      1 year ago

      Northern hemisphere, I’m in inland southern California. From experience in past years, my best timing is to plant seeds the beginning of August for a harvest in December through mid-February. Later plants don’t mature before the aphids start to kick off in spring. This year I was a little late, I only started them on August 14th, but now we’ve had temps in the upper 90s and even triple digits for a week and one by one they’re all bolting.

      I’ve already started another batch of seedlings, maybe with netting I can keep the aphids off enough to get a harvest.