Priticious
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Gardening Jargon – Bolting
When vegetable crops prematurely run to seed is called Bolting. It makes crops unusable for consumption. Following are cause for bolting – A cold spell – Changes in day length – Dry soil Bolting is common in lettuce, spinach, red onions , leeks, carrot, beetroot and fennel
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Gardening Jargon – Heat Stress in plant
Heat stress is a period in which temperatures are hot enough to cause damage to plant function or development. Mainly it is identified by leaf drop in summer days. Other ways to find if plants are heat stressed is as follows – Leaf curl – Drying of Leaves and eventually shedding from plant – Leaf Drop