Bolting Chard and Flowering Toms?

[Jono]

Hi all,

Odd goings on in the garden. My perpetual spinach is showing signs of bolting already and some of my runners and toms are flowering despite only being a foot or so high.

Any ideas? The mild weather?

Never seen it before.

Ta.

[Norfolk drew]

My runners have flowered despite only being a foot tall and the spinach has bolted too I blame the weather

[VirginVegGrower]

I've got short broadies, rammed with flowers. Early flowering brassicas too. Toms are all undercover so nothing too different there. Chard, carrots, onions bolting.

[Bren In Pots]

My Chards also bolted so I've cut it down and it looks like new leaves are starting to grow, I've sown some to replace it but that's only an inch high.

[Jono]

My runners have flowered despite only being a foot tall and the spinach has bolted too I blame the weather

That was my verdict Drew. Weather is all over the place, temperature up and down like a yoyo.

[Two_Sheds]

My runners have flowered despite only being a foot tall

It's been so dry here, and they're thirsty plants.
Mine haven't even grown any proper leaves yet, they're so spindly & weak (it's so cold still).


Always blame the weather !

[Norfolk drew]

It's been so dry here, and they're thirsty plants.
Mine haven't even grown any proper leaves yet, they're so spindly & weak (it's so cold still).


Always blame the weather !

Ive been watering mine everyday and feeding them with seaweed feed once a week but they have looked awful since I planted them out

[Two_Sheds]

If your soil is anything like mine (loose and sandy) then water is just draining away. You're pouring water on, it's flowing away just as quick.


It's getting a lot better a lot quicker, now that I'm using Mulch of Weed all over my plot: pull up your weeds (non-seeding), chop with seckies, then drop on the soil. It's a form of composting, much quicker than you can make it in a heap.

[lainey lou]

It's getting a lot better a lot quicker, now that I'm using Mulch of Weed all over my plot: pull up your weeds (non-seeding), chop with seckies, then drop on the soil. It's a form of composting, much quicker than you can make it in a heap.

Is that just with your annual weeds?

[Bren In Pots]

I only cut my Chard down 2 days ago and its putting out new leaves already.

[Jono]

I snapped the flowering bit off my chard and all seems well now. Picked some the last two nights.

More flowers on my toms though.

With the runner beans, try planting them in little recesses. I do this with my courgettes, squashes and other plants, and it stops the water running away. Sometimes the soil in the recess will stay damp for several days.

[sammy_roser]

Yep Spinach bolted before any decent leaf growth and Broadbeans are a foot high and covered in flowers!