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Zucchini questions
Can you trim the leaves back so it does shade other plants too much? My Zucchini plant is bigger than any other plant in my garden but the zucchini's seam small is this normal? I am new to this and thought zucchini was a vine and placed it on the back row so it would climb up my trellis but it is a bush. Is there a such thing as a zucchini that vines?
Popo- Posts : 32
Join date : 2014-04-15
Location : West Columbia South Carolina
Re: Zucchini questions
It's a bit of work, but you can tie a zucchini up a trellis or pole. Simply tie it to the support and trim the lower leaves as they begin to die.
Some zucchini plants put out multiple stems so if yours does it's a little harder to do with them. I have one right now that I'm training one up the trellis, and letting two other stems go over the side.
Good luck!
Audrey
Some zucchini plants put out multiple stems so if yours does it's a little harder to do with them. I have one right now that I'm training one up the trellis, and letting two other stems go over the side.
Good luck!
Audrey
Re: Zucchini questions
They can be trained up a stake, sort of. You can trim off leaves only below where you have have harvested a squash.
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Re: Zucchini questions
Thanks I'll try what I can and take advice where I can get it. My mom put two zucchini seeds in one square so I told her she might want to move one because my plant is humongous.
Popo- Posts : 32
Join date : 2014-04-15
Location : West Columbia South Carolina
Re: Zucchini questions
Use the search feature here on the forum to find more threads about this subject.Popo wrote:Thanks I'll try what I can and take advice where I can get it. My mom put two zucchini seeds in one square so I told her she might want to move one because my plant is humongous.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Zucchini questions
Killed an adult squash borer moth on my zuchinni this morning. They are just starting to bloom, so it may be a short season.
Re: Zucchini questions
Blargh!Pollinator wrote:Killed an adult squash borer moth on my zuchinni this morning. They are just starting to bloom, so it may be a short season.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Zucchini questions
Mine are blooming like crazy but the zucchinis that it has are small. One started to turn yellow so I cut it off.
Popo- Posts : 32
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Re: Zucchini questions
I had two absolutely beautiful zucchini blossoms in my garden this morning. Unfortunately both were female and not a male blossom anywhere in sight. So, I guess it will still be a while before I get squash. One of the watermelon's bloomed yesterday, but again, no male blossoms available yet. Actually, I'm kinda glad the watermelon didn't have a pollinator as I want the vines to get higher on the trellis before forming melons.
Kay
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walshevak
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Re: Zucchini questions
Hmm now I have another question and don't laugh too hard because I'm a newbie. How do you know a male blossom from a female blossom?
Popo- Posts : 32
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Re: Zucchini questions
Males are so unreliable when it comes timing. LOL Just some humor folks.
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Re: Zucchini questions
Not a silly question at all. The female blossom has a swollen area almost like a mini squash at its base. The male blossom is on a skinny straight stem. This holds true for squash, melons, pumpkins, and cukes. My watermelon blossom was attached to a slight bigger than a bb sized mini melon.Popo wrote:Hmm now I have another question and don't laugh too hard because I'm a newbie. How do you know a male blossom from a female blossom?
Kay
A WEED IS A FLOWER GROWING IN THE WRONG PLACE
Elizabeth City, NC
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walshevak
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Re: Zucchini questions
Thanks Kay I'm learning something new every day.
Popo- Posts : 32
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Re: Zucchini questions
How to freeze zucchini (and probably all summer squashes)?
http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2012/07/how-i-freeze-zucchini/
CC
http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2012/07/how-i-freeze-zucchini/
CC
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Re: Zucchini questions
Doesn't the inside of the blossom look different, too? It's too hot to check that theory right now, but it's on my radar.walshevak wrote:Not a silly question at all. The female blossom has a swollen area almost like a mini squash at its base. The male blossom is on a skinny straight stem. This holds true for squash, melons, pumpkins, and cukes. My watermelon blossom was attached to a slight bigger than a bb sized mini melon.Popo wrote:Hmm now I have another question and don't laugh too hard because I'm a newbie. How do you know a male blossom from a female blossom?
Kay
Re: Zucchini questions
CapeCoddess wrote:How to freeze zucchini (and probably all summer squashes)?
http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2012/07/how-i-freeze-zucchini/
CC
Ah, ha! Good article, CC! But I think I'll still dehydrate mine... Takes up even less room.
Re: Zucchini questions
I put zucchini in the square next to tomatoes. Just cut any offensive leaves that got in the way. Maybe it was wrong, but I still got zucchinis.
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