Zucchini
Cucurbita pepo L. var. cylindrica Paris
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Harvesting: Last Harvest
I was removing the leaves with powdery mildew, and there was only about five healthy leaves left. The plants looked really sad, and since we are not all that keen to consume more zucchinis, I decided to pull all the plants.
This entry is about Soleil's Zucchini Squash in the Backyard garden.
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Fruiting: Powdery mildew, but still producing!
We were out of town for two weeks, and there was rain when we were gone. That gave the zucchini powdery mildew, but didn’t stop it from fruiting!
This entry is about Soleil's Zucchini Squash in the Backyard garden.
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Harvesting: First harvest!
Behold, my first zucchini of the year! Picked this morning, used a kitchen knife to cut through the stem. It’s in the fridge at home with a small handful of bush beans awaiting whatever I decide to do for dinner tonight. It’s slightly larger than I normally harvest zucchini but I didn...
This entry is about Glittertrash's Lebanese Zucchini in the Nunnery Vegetable garden.
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This entry is about Kristiecav's Zucchini Lebanese in the Veg Patch #1 garden.
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Flowering: First female flower! And the tradition of 'zucchini-fiddling' resumes...
I had thought that this flower might open today, as yesterday it was showing bright yellow although it was still closed. I rushed out first thing this morning and there it was, merry as you like, my first open female squash flower of the season! Last year I waited weeks to get simultaneous male &...
This entry is about Glittertrash's Lebanese Zucchini in the Nunnery Vegetable garden.
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Flowering: First squash flower of the year!
I had noticed that some of my squash plants were developing little embryonic fruits & flower buds, but I was still really surprised to see this flower open this morning! I thought I had a few days left at least! It’s a male flower, which isn’t very surprising- based on last year&#...
This entry is about Glittertrash's Lebanese Zucchini in the Nunnery Vegetable garden.
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Planting Out: zucchini
This entry is about Tonya's Zucchini black beauty in the Vegetable garden.
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Planting Out: Transplanted early
I generally wait til squash have 2nd true leaves before transplanting, but this plant got knocked over in heavy rain & a lot of the potting mix came loose, so I decided to transplant immediately (if it was already shocked, I figured, might as well get it in the ground now). So far it seems to...
This entry is about Glittertrash's Zucchini 'Golden' in the Nunnery Vegetable garden.
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HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLPPP!!! Leaf miners :'-(
Noooo, when something finally started to grow in my garden, leaf miners invaded my courgette plants. Do you know how impossible it is to grow anything in my area? I’m in so much despair. I did a search on leaf miners and apparently they are very difficult to get rid of. With no specialist...
This question is about Newbee's Courgettes in the Jiji's Hydroponica garden.
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Up through the dirt, probably yesterday I think (I didn’t check the garden yesterday & these were quite unfurled when I checked today- although they still had their little seed-hats on).
This entry is about Glittertrash's Zucchini 'Golden' in the Nunnery Vegetable garden.
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