{"id":46879,"date":"2025-04-22T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=46879"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T19:30:38","slug":"bolted-lettuce-garden-tips-bolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/bolted-lettuce-garden-tips-bolt\/","title":{"rendered":"Lettuce Bolting? 5 Things You Can Do With It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lettuce bolting is one of the biggest problems when growing this popular crop for home gardeners. It&#8217;s easy to grow, and there&#8217;s a plethora of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-varieties-to-try-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gorgeous and tasty varieties<\/a> to include in your veggie patch. That said, since lettuce is a cool-weather crop, once the warm temperatures and long days of summer arrive, lettuce plants go to flower and set seed. Most gardeners rip out their lettuce plants when they bolt. If you do this, you&#8217;re missing a great opportunity. Here are five things to do when lettuce bolting strikes.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Feed Bolted Lettuce to Your Flock or Donate It to an Animal Shelter<\/h2>\n<p>Bunnies, guinea pigs and many species of birds, including chickens, enjoy munching on lettuce leaves, even after the plants have gone to flower and are too bitter for human consumption. Lettuce can be a good source of vitamins and minerals and the entire plant, including leaves, stems and flowers, can be fed to chickens.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_129358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129358\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-129358\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"chickens and rabbits eating lettuce\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/N0b79n5T-lettuce-bolting-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-1980x1320.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-540x360.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-600x250.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-375x250.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/lettuce-bolting-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/N0b79n5T-lettuce-bolting-135x90.jpeg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adobe Stock\/Iker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>2. Cut Bolting Lettuce Plants Back to the Ground; Let Them Resprout<\/h2>\n<p>This is my favorite thing to do with lettuce bolting in my garden. Instead of pulling the plants out by the roots, simply cut the tops off and leave the roots intact. The stump will resprout when temperatures cool later in the season and go on to produce a second crop of lettuce in the late summer or fall.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Let Bolted Lettuce Plants Flower for Beneficial Insects and Pollinators<\/h2>\n<p>Lettuce blossoms are very attractive to many species of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/parasitic-wasps-could-help-control-stinkbugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parasitic wasps<\/a>, syrphid flies and other beneficial insects that help gardeners control pests in the landscape. Some species of pollinators nectar on them as well. Lettuce bolting flowers will be buzzing with insect activity soon after they open, and they&#8217;ll continue to bloom for many weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Collect the Seeds for Next Year&#8217;s Garden<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47028\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47028\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/09195738\/collecting-lettuce-seeds.jpg\" alt=\"bolted lettuce seeds\" width=\"800\" height=\"462\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Walliser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lettuce plants are largely self-pollinating, so if you save the seeds of open-pollinated, heirloom lettuce varieties, there&#8217;s a good chance the seeds will come true-to-type (meaning you&#8217;ll get the same variety when you plant those collected seeds into next year&#8217;s garden). I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/saving-seeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">save seeds<\/a> from all my heirloom lettuces because even if they don&#8217;t come true-to-type, the results are still delicious. Plus, I often end up with some very unique coloration and leaf forms.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Lettuce Bolting? Use it as a Trap Crop<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/could-mystery-slugs-be-decimating-your-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slugs<\/a>, earwigs and pill bugs much prefer lettuce to most other garden crops. If you want to keep these leaf-marring insects off broccoli, cabbage and other productive crops, just allow your lettuce bolting plants to stay right where they are. Sprinkle an iron phosphate-based slug bait, such as Sluggo or Escar-Go, between the lettuce rows to get a grip on slug numbers.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not willing or able to do any of these, there&#8217;s always the compost pile. Bolted lettuce plants are a great nitrogen source for the compost bin, especially when they&#8217;re used in combination with carbon sources such as autumn leaves and straw.<\/p>\n<p>This article about lettuce bolting was written for Hobby Farms and Chickens magazines. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/subscribe-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to subscribe.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t give up on your lettuce when it bolts. 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