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Still using it from first lot of Lettuce, sown 8/3!

On a similar theme-if you twist out,rather than fully pulling out,fennel  they re-grow-you might not get a decent swollen stem but it makes something for garnish or the stock pot

ooh I didn't know that! Perhaps the bulb should be cut and not pulled? I will try.
I have had little baby lettuces coming up from the roots of ones I have cut off!!! Cute. Unfortunately when my son harvests he goes the whole blow and rips them out! I will have to show him a different technique I think!  ;)

.....and if you cut cabbages off just below the head, leaving the stump in the ground, you can make a criss-cross in the cut stump and get four mini-cabbages. Brassicas are BRILL!!!!

wow! Are there any other vegetables that are "cut and come again"?
How long can you get broccoli for, for example??? (maybe I need to get a bit more informed about harvesting things, LOL)

well of course spinach too....the more you pluck off the biggest leaves (leaving the plant looking quite tiny) the more it grows and keeps doing so!

a wonderful thing to grow I reckon :)

chantenay is right, all the brassicas will return with interest - cabbages, kale, mustards, mizunas, sprout tops, beetroots will also repay if you use the tops for salads, agretti (anyone growing that this year?),

one year mr bunny ate my red kale down to half an inch but boy did it grow back beautifully - thank you mr bunny  ;D

And don't forget the sprout tops  :P :P :P

Mizuna question here ;D

Mine are sprouting flower tops. Should I cut them off and continue to use

the leaves?  or should I pull the plant out?

Debs

Better lettuce idea here -

I suppose you could call this regrowth??

Marathon - 3rd pick from some very ill-tended plants.

  well Tim your broccoli is certainly better than mine. sad to say mealy bugs got all of mine, keep on growing

Quote from: Debs on September 01, 2007, 08:16:30
Mizuna question here ;D

Mine are sprouting flower tops. Should I cut them off and continue to use

the leaves?  or should I pull the plant out?

Debs

you can eat the lot raw or stir fry if you feel they are going over a bit or getting too tough to eat raw then sow some more as soon as possible for succession - I grow mine in cheap window boxes

thanks calendula ;)

As Chantenay says - but no need for crosses!

Will it work on my Savoys.  :P ;D ;D ;D

Talk nicely!!

Yes.  ;D ;D ;D

Or Not

I didn't!