Strangest looking lettuce I've ever seen

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    What's happened here?
     
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    Looks more like rocket, but why in a hanging basket ?
     
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      I've grown other lettuce succesfully in hanging baskets before, think this variety doesn't like it haha
       
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        They don't seem to like it, rocket should be bushier, instead yours look to be running straight to seed. Maybe not enough sun.
         
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          Looking again it could be a salad mix you have sown, it's not all rocket. Being so close together is making them go leggy.
           
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            Yes i think you're right, it is on the shader side of my garden
             
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            Yeah I was going to thin them out as they got bigger but they just went like this super fast lol
             
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            They are called rocket for good reason :smile:
             
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              Ah well, we live and learn, I won't try it in a basket again haha
               
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              Too close together and maybe they got dry at some point, that would make them bolt.
               
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                Has the basket grown lots of plants before ? ie is it depleted of nutrient/watered for a long time?
                 
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