I’m not one to harvest lettuce seed for reuse, as I like to try out new varieties but I have been curious about how the flowers look, and how the seeds develop so I let some go to seed.
It took weeks before I caught some flowers actually open. Most of the day the flowers are tightly closed. Since I never saw any flowers open I was beginning to think that they never really opened.
Conveniently I had one plant with open blooms and another with fully formed seed heads at the same time for the photographs.
The seed head I pulled the seeds from contained 18 seeds. One plant going to seed would be more than enough to supply for any garden the next year.
Hello Mike
Can a not for profit seedsavers website use the lettuce flower image on your home page please?
We’re waiting for ours to flower this year, and we’re creating a populations distance video. We can credit you as you like.
Thank you.
Geoffrey
Sure Geoffrey, feel free to use the lettuce seed photos in your video!