Vocabulary
Bolt: Basically when a plant bolts, it means it begins to flower. After it bolts it goes to seed.
Thin: To thin seedlings means to separate them and spread them out. Let’s say for instance, I scatter some carrot seeds in a pot, each seed needs to be a certain distance apart. So, let’s say the carrot seedlings are to be 8 inches apart, I remove seedlings from my pot (or seed starting pods) until my seedlings are 8 inches a part. And all of the seedlings I have removed I will plant somewhere else.
Annual: Annuals are usually plants that last one lifetime. Meaning they grow in their season, and when they die they die forever (aside from producing new seeds. You can save those seeds and grow a new plant). Annuals do not die in one season and revive in another.
Perennial: Perennials however, DO! They are like the gift that keeps on giving! Most of them die in the winter, to keep them extra safe though, mulch the soil so that it keeps the temperature constant. What happens in the winter is that the temperature causes the plant to freeze and raise its roots from the ground so they are exposed to the freezing cold and then the plant dies. When you mulch the plant, this makes sure it doesn’t die and in the spring it will come back to life again. These types of plants are my favorite.
Biennial: Biennials are kind of a mix of Annuals and Perennials. A biennial is a plant witha two year (bi) life span. It’s like a perennial because it comes back to life but it is also like an annual because it has a limit. In the first year the plant will die and come back to life, same for the second year except when it dies again in the second year it never comes back. It dies.
Thin: To thin seedlings means to separate them and spread them out. Let’s say for instance, I scatter some carrot seeds in a pot, each seed needs to be a certain distance apart. So, let’s say the carrot seedlings are to be 8 inches apart, I remove seedlings from my pot (or seed starting pods) until my seedlings are 8 inches a part. And all of the seedlings I have removed I will plant somewhere else.
Annual: Annuals are usually plants that last one lifetime. Meaning they grow in their season, and when they die they die forever (aside from producing new seeds. You can save those seeds and grow a new plant). Annuals do not die in one season and revive in another.
Perennial: Perennials however, DO! They are like the gift that keeps on giving! Most of them die in the winter, to keep them extra safe though, mulch the soil so that it keeps the temperature constant. What happens in the winter is that the temperature causes the plant to freeze and raise its roots from the ground so they are exposed to the freezing cold and then the plant dies. When you mulch the plant, this makes sure it doesn’t die and in the spring it will come back to life again. These types of plants are my favorite.
Biennial: Biennials are kind of a mix of Annuals and Perennials. A biennial is a plant witha two year (bi) life span. It’s like a perennial because it comes back to life but it is also like an annual because it has a limit. In the first year the plant will die and come back to life, same for the second year except when it dies again in the second year it never comes back. It dies.