Zucchini is a vigorous grower.While each plant will produce several squash during peak season, you’ll typically find that one or two zucchini plants will produce a “bumper” (unusually large) crop, leaving you to give the squash away to neighbors or bake lots of zucchini bread! Image: Alv...
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So far this year I've harvested two zucchini from three plants. There's a third one out on the vine, but it's turned a sickly yellow. I planted four other types of heirloom summer squash that are doing almost as well. This totally embarrassing situation mostly has to do with killer sq...
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plot. But when I had zucchini growing in the back corner the Fire ants at the gate moved their nest to be close to the zucchini plants. They wouldn’t eat the Cucumber beetle eggs but they would eat the instars. It was very interesting ...
My Zucchini plants are sick this year but I am over run with the other summer squash. Reply Matt December 23, 2019 at 9:30 pm I always wondered wat makes the flour unsafe? My mom and grandmother still make it with cornstarch, we’ve all survived so far but most jars dont even ...
Well, I don’t exactly have zucchinis coming out of my ears, but this year I took care to spray the plants with a 1:10 hydrogen peroxide solution at the first appearance of powdery mildew, and we have enough zucchinis to enjoy and share with our 100-year-old neighbor. ...
It’s best to harvest zucchini, cucumbers, and other summer squash frequently—every one to two days; otherwise, you’ll discover small “baseball bats” hanging from the trellis. All of these squash are tastiest when small anyway, so frequent picking is a benefit for you and the plant. ...