As your plants grow and mature, you’ll enjoy harvesting them many times. All plants, however, come to a natural end to their life cycle. The specific timing greatly depends on the plant variety.   All lettuces and herbs, for example, eventually bolt, which is when the plant starts growing flowers and going to seed instead of growing more leaves.

Yes! If you’re looking to experiment, we recommend choosing plants that are determinate (meaning they stop growing in size at a set point) and, if you’re looking at fruiting plants, ones with smaller fruit. We offer seedless yCubes so you can experiment with ease – learn more here!

In an independent study comparing 3 lettuce varieties of Gardyn lettuce vs. grocery store lettuce, Gardyn grown lettuce showed more than 50% higher vitamin and mineral contents compared to its grocery store comparisons.