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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 7, 2020 11:01:54 GMT -5
I looked in my AeroGarden today and discovered that my Tennis Ball Lettuce has its first flower!  |
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Post by Sher on Apr 7, 2020 11:41:32 GMT -5
A seed harvest is in the making!
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Post by Shawn on Apr 7, 2020 14:12:46 GMT -5
I gather you will be saving seeds and regrowing.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 7, 2020 14:18:25 GMT -5
I gather you will be saving seeds and regrowing. That's the plan! In the long run I'd like to try cultivating my own varieties of some plants, but I don't have the space for that right now  It sounds like continuing to grow the same plant (without crossbreeding) in your environment will get it adjusted to your environment... so if I keep growing Tennis Ball Lettuce, it will be interesting to compare how it grew when I started it compared to 4-5 years from now. |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 8, 2020 13:05:11 GMT -5
Two flowers now! This is exciting for me, I've never had anything flower before   |
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Post by Shawn on Apr 8, 2020 13:08:26 GMT -5
They remind me of buttercups that grow in the grass
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Post by Sher on Apr 8, 2020 15:18:08 GMT -5
They are pretty little flowers. I will enjoy following your project.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 9, 2020 14:12:03 GMT -5
Five flowers today! The rightmost one looks a bit deformed, but I love them all the same  |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 11, 2020 19:35:15 GMT -5
Even more flowers now, and it's starting to grow upwards... I'm starting to have doubts about whether or not my plant is actually lettuce. The lettuce flowers I find in Google look more like dandelions, and my flowers are starting to lose their petals. Is there some trick I need to do to get them to pollinate? Lettuce is supposed to be self-pollinating, but I'm wondering if this is some different plant that only develops one type of flower and requires cross-pollination...  |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 11, 2020 19:57:29 GMT -5
Ugh, I think I somehow mixed up the lettuce I started with my bok choy... and I don't think bok choy is self-pollinating, since it's in the same plant family as cabbage.
I'll give it a few more days, but if it still doesn't look promising, I'm going to harvest the plant and start something else.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Apr 12, 2020 15:55:48 GMT -5
Woke up to a pile of flower petals around the plant. I harvested it, and this time, I'm going to make sure I'm actually planting lettuce.
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