Leave them be until after they bloom, all they need now is water. Once they bloom, you can start giving them a light dose of fish emulsion (half-strength) or other water-soluble (quarter-strength) every other week until mid-August. That's it for this year. Next year, you can apply an organic or organic-based fertilizer like Espoma Rose-tone (or Holly-tone) once a month, April - August. That should be good enough. I know nothing about this variety, so I don't know if it is disease resistant. I suspect not, but hopefully someone else who ishas grown it can let you know.

hey, always nice to hear from you, never-give-up! I'm so glad some canning came back into your life enough to give you pleasure. As has been said, we like to talk about freezing and any other kinds of harvest-related things here, too, so if you are able, feel free to let us know how your garden goes and what you preserve no matter how. You know I always take credit even for baking and freezing zucchini bread on the "What have you put up?" thread.... Best wishes, Zabby

Sounds wonderful! Enjoy it!

Looks fantastic...and with nice, straight sides, but not the tight corners people complain are difficult to clean. Enjoy!