Let's see those '11 gardens!

Mr B · 07-12-2011, 04:26 PM

Hey guys, what do you do to keep your Cilanto and Italian Parsley from bolting? Mine will always grow for about a month than go straight to bolt.
Any ideas? Right now they are in mostly full sun in my raised bed w/ my other veg.
I have thought about shading them w/ some screen??

jjirons69 · 07-12-2011, 05:31 PM

Hot weather will cause them to bolt. The best thing I can recommend is to pinch the flower stalks before they set blooms.

Still cranking out tomatoes and peppers. Stuffed two dozen jalapenos Sunday night. Absolutely delicious! My gut took a pounding for it. My dad's garden is rolling in watermelons, cantalopes, and pumpkins. Never have planted pumpkins before and these things grow like wildfire.

Heat index in Charleston at 7 p.m. - 109F. The grass could grow knee-high and it wouldn't bother me.

jjirons69 · 08-16-2011, 11:05 AM

Still cranking tomatoes and peppers. I've grown the biggest Jalapenos I've ever seen this year. I made bacon poppers with 3 dozen this past weekend. Been seriously thinking about my winter garden, which I plan to put in the ground near the end of Sept.

07-12-2011, 04:26 PM	#1
Mr B Livin' in a Van.... Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: North Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,233 Trading: (79)	Re: Let's see those '11 gardens! Hey guys, what do you do to keep your Cilanto and Italian Parsley from bolting? Mine will always grow for about a month than go straight to bolt. Any ideas? Right now they are in mostly full sun in my raised bed w/ my other veg. I have thought about shading them w/ some screen??

07-12-2011, 05:31 PM	#2
jjirons69 Haberdasher Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jamie Location: Chucktown, SC Posts: 4,120 Trading: (94)	Re: Let's see those '11 gardens! Hot weather will cause them to bolt. The best thing I can recommend is to pinch the flower stalks before they set blooms. Still cranking out tomatoes and peppers. Stuffed two dozen jalapenos Sunday night. Absolutely delicious! My gut took a pounding for it. My dad's garden is rolling in watermelons, cantalopes, and pumpkins. Never have planted pumpkins before and these things grow like wildfire. Heat index in Charleston at 7 p.m. - 109F. The grass could grow knee-high and it wouldn't bother me. __________________ Somebody has to go back and get a chitload of dimes

08-16-2011, 11:05 AM	#3
jjirons69 Haberdasher Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jamie Location: Chucktown, SC Posts: 4,120 Trading: (94)	Re: Let's see those '11 gardens! Still cranking tomatoes and peppers. I've grown the biggest Jalapenos I've ever seen this year. I made bacon poppers with 3 dozen this past weekend. Been seriously thinking about my winter garden, which I plan to put in the ground near the end of Sept. __________________ Somebody has to go back and get a chitload of dimes