My Tatsoi and Komatsuna are still healthy, but it seems like it is taking them longer to grow new leaves after each harvest, and they are not quite as deep a shade of green as they were a month ago. Mine are planted in 20-gallon fabric grow bags, NE Texas. They were started during the last half of September, and I amended the soil with home-made compost and Espoma Garden Tone 3-4-4 at the time.
That is usually enough for the whole season, but I’m wondering about giving a light supplemental feeding now, 3 months in. I realize that won’t make up for a "winter" DLI (the short days.)
Alaska Fish Emulsion 5-1-1 and Neptune’s Harvest Kelp/Seaweed 0-0-1 are both on hand and I would probably use a light dose of those together for a nitrogen and potassium boost.
I hope to keep them going another 4 to 6 weeks until the end of January or first part of February. Thanks for your thoughts!
by NPKzone8a
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Are your days shorter at the moment?
Growth is going to slow right down under 10, so that might explain it a bit.
They look great btw! Enjoy
I fertilize everything.
I also grow tatsio through the winter and Will through a little blood meal at them to keep the dark green and producing
With the slower growth the plants have far less use for fertilizer. They could use some, but it’s easy to overfertilize and end up having a negative effect on them, along with wasting fertilizer.