Those of you that have grown Amish Paste, do these look OK?
I posted a pic from about the same spot Monday - post #748/ page 30 this thread- six days ago.
I feel like I got pretty good growth this week, both plants have about doubled in volume above ground, but even watering 2 quarts each plant three times daily I still have curly leaves pretty much all the time. I can't find any yellow spots, no purple staining on the stems or leaves. There are 10 gnats on stem, 8 of those are dead.
I have the determinate variety that should top out around 48 inches height, then blossom, then fruit. Heavily. I was gonna re-feed on July 3, tomorrow, but I have decided to wait a couple more days because the wild fire smoke has been blocking the sun. Maybe hold off to the 5th or 6th.
Second pic is a typical branch for me, 18" from the crease of my elbow to the tips of my fingers. On the one hand the branches are kinda droopy, but they are carrying a lot of leaf weight that looks like healthy leaf to me.
I as going to continue heavy on the next feed with fish meal for nitrogen, with more kelp meal and more green sand. I am kinda thinking about maybe some calcium nitrate sooner rather than later. I have a bunch of rock phospate in the bottom of the transplant hole with ongoing bonemeal for P and only a little bit of K in the kelp meal.
Thanks
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