Meaning bolting
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Sudden production of flowers and seeds prematurely particularly in lettuce. bone meal:
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When a plant grown for its leaves suddenly produces flowers and then those flowers turn to seed. This can happen at the end of a plant's life cycle or can be brought on prematurely by excessive h [..]
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To flower and produce seed prematurely.
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Plants that flower prematurely in an effort to produce seeds before they are harvested for their intended purpose
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Cooked bones ground to a meal without any of the gelatin or glue removed. Steamed bone meal has been steamed under pressure to dissolve part of the gelatin.
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The premature production of flowers and seed.This is where the plant grows too fast due to being either too wet, too dry or in very hot weather, resulting in the stem shooting up and the plant produci [..]
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Premature flower and seedstalk formation, usually in biennial crops during their first year of growth.
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The term used to describe a plant that has gone to seed; a condition that occurs most often in plants eaten for their leaves (i.e. lettuce, cilantro, parsley, spinach). The plant flowers and the flavo [..]
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A term used to describe a plant that has gone to seed prematurely.
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a term used to say that a vegetable plant has started to flower and produce seeds. This will affect the quality of your harvest as most of the plant’s energy is put to flowering and setting the seeds [..]
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The period of a plant's development when it begins trying to make flowers. This term is usually used when referring to a vegetable plant whose flowers or fruit are not the edible crop, such as le [..]
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a phenomenon in which plants botanically classified as biennials may, in some cases, complete their life cycle in only one growing season; this situation occurs when drought, variations in temperature [..]
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'Running to seed' or flowering before you want. In many cases this will ruin the vegetable you are trying to grow.
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Applied to a vegetable that is prematurely producing seed heads (AKA gone to seed).
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The formation of a seed stalk instead of an edible portion of the plant.
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Running to seed, flowering prematurely, usually due to heat. Leaf products are discouraged from bolting by removal of flower heads
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A plant’s production of seeds before it can be harvested. Generally, it means that a plant (such as broccoli, cilantro, basil, cabbage, and lettuce) slows it’s normal leaf growth and starts producing more flowers and seeds. It usually occurs during high heat, which signals the plant that it is time to start producing seeds instead of leaves.
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Producing seeds or flowering prematurely, usually due to heat. For example, cool-weather crops such as lettuce bolt during the summer. Leaf crops are discouraged from bolting by removal of flower heads. See deadhead.
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 Sudden production of flowers and seeds prematurely particularly in lettuce.
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This occurs when a vegetable produces its flower prematurely, and, in doing so, becomes unusable. It generally follows a check in growth, caused by something such as drought or root rot, and should not happen under conditions of good cultivation.
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Plants are said to have ‘bolted’ when they run prematurely to seed. Spinach, lettuce and beetroot are especially prone to this during periods of drought. Plants may also bolt as a result of being grow [..]
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Producing seeds or flowering prematurely, usually due to heat. For example, cool-weather crops such as lettuce bolt during the summer. Leaf crops are discouraged from bolting by removal of flower head [..]
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This term is used to describe a plant that has gone to seed prematurely. Bolting is most often caused by rapid shifts in temperature or periods of low temperature exposure early in the season. 
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