| Bolt | Bolting refers to when weather gets hot, lettuce will bolt. This means that it sprouts a flower and will go to seed. When lettuce bolts, the leaves will become bitter. If you live in hot climate, look for lettuce varieties that are heat resistant. Lettuce is a cold weather crop.
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| Botanical Name | Use of the binomial nomenclature method of naming plants. Every variety of plant has one scientific Latin name to identify it. They may be difficult to pronounce, however there is no question as to which plant you are referring to as a common name may be used for several varieties of one plant.
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| Broadcast Seeding | Sowing seeds by scattering them.
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