July Rice Update

The rice has been slurping up water during this hot spell but hasn’t seemed to suffer in the least.

To the contrary, it seems to have turned growth up a notch in the last 2 weeks. The rice plants are around 3 feet tall now; the upper paddy’s direct seeded plants have closed the gap a little and are approaching the size of those in the lower paddy that were transplanted a few weeks earlier in the season.

As you can see, the July garden status is “lush” and the paddy is thriving; I like this stage of the season because my slightly-too-close-together beds haven’t merged with each other as of yet.

(Although it is getting rather cozy back there.)

The initial seed stalks are beginning to appear from inside the round interior stalks of each plant; I’m really curious to observe how the process goes from here.

Closer:

This is going to be interesting. 🙂