Well, I haven't been able to work much with the crop since my mobility is limited at the moment, but I was able to con my wife into taking these photos on 8 July. Sadly, I wasn't persuasive enough to get measurements or a yard-stick included.Hopefully I'll be able to get out in the garden this weekend and get some detailed statistics for each variety.
Overall the crop is doing very well, imo. You will see some insect damage on some of the leaves, however, it seems to be confined to just a couple of plants. Perhaps my application of the insecticidal soap has been uneven or it was washed off some leaves more than others during some recent rains we have had. It has been hot an dry here for several consecutive days now.....hi's in the upper 90's with heat indexes of 107+.
Overall Crop view:
Florida Sumatra. 2nd plant from the fence shows some insect damage. I would guess the tallest plant is approximately 20" or so:
The lone wolf Argentine. The white spots visible on the leaves is residue from the insecticidal soap. One small spot of damage to one of the lower leaves....I may remove it next time I'm out. I have been pulling some of the bottoms leaves of all the plants if they yellow or appear to be more rounded than the main leaves. No ill effects from this "pruning" that I've seen yet.:
Long Red Leaf. First pic is of the plants set on the original planting date of 12 June. 2nd pic is of the supplemental planting on 30 June.:
Small Stalk Black Mammoth. Again, first pic is of the original planting and 2nd is the supplemental:
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