Roots
Posted by victoria on March 17, 2002
Q: At the end of the second year after the queen anne's lace has produced its flower, do we need to do anything to the plant for it to again produce flowers. And will it continue to produce flowers biennially? Also, if we were to leave a carrot in the ground and not cultivate it would it also produce flowers in the second year as does the queen annes lace?
A: Victoria, the plant will have produced its root in the first year, flowers and then seeds in the second year and then die. So....no, it will not produce biennially after seed production, that particular plant is finished. Yes, the domestic carrot will behave just as its wild ancestors do and produce flowers in the second year. Then the plant will die.
John Wiessinger ( January 24, 2002)