Here is a picture of my baby zucchini. I know we always let them grow at least a foot or so, but I couldn't resist, and they were delicious. We ate them raw with a dip.



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For this "New Year" help me to be kinder and more loving to all around me, I pray.

they look great! i have tiny ones right now, I keep hearing that they grow quickly so i am checking them every day now.

yummy!

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Claire

Mine has died!! And my Squash is not doing well either!!

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One OS to rule them, one OS to find them:
One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie.

I think I have bugs eating my Zucchini.

The leaves aren't spotted, but the vine next to the ground are soft and falling apart.





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One OS to rule them, one OS to find them:
One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie.

LandofOz,

I'm not sure what you mean by gargantuan leaves, but yes my leaves are as big as dinner plates.

Amigatec,

I'm sorry to see your dead zuc. Wish I could send you some plants for I have too many.

We're having a rainy and windy spring so far, so I decided to leave my zucchini inside my greenhouse. Now I'm not sorry I did this, for I can eat zucchini already.

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For this "New Year" help me to be kinder and more loving to all around me, I pray.

Amigatec, remove all the rotted leaves and stems, cut them off with a sharp knife and put them in the garbage, not the compost. . I've got zuchs to come back from this problem by constantly removing the rotted bits and watering the soil only, not the actual plant.
Clean the knife afterwards in metho to stop passing the problem on. I think it's a fungal problem, so spraying with some bordeaux may also assist.

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The secret is the soil.

Thanks, Rosepetal. I think the plants I've got going are zucchini--the only problem is that I hate zucchini and never EVER eat it so I'm just wondering how the seeds got into my garden. I think I'll try the smaller zucchini like you. Other than raw what are some good ways to eat it? Could I put it on kabobs and grill it?

Sarah

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Sarah - Zone 5b/6

The only parts that are affected are within 6" from the ground.

Is it possible that I have over watered them??

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One OS to rule them, one OS to find them:
One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie.

The male flowers on the zucchini plant are delicous fried! Has a buttery taste. Dip them into beaten egg then Italian bread crumbs and fry them, just as good as the Zucchini itself. Zuccini are great fried too. Cut them into slices (chips) or longwise, dip into beaten egg, and then into flour and fry. Sprinkle some dried grated Parmesean- and you have some good eating!

You know its just been such a pleasure working in my greenhouse, I'm so glad I decided to keep all those veggies inside.

We've had so much wind and heavy rains lately that I'm sure some of them would not have survived. This way we're already eating some of them.

My daughter had the camera today, but I wanted to take some pics of my tiny gourds and squash starting to form, its just amazing and I wanted to share them with you, so I will do that later when I can get the camera again.

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For this "New Year" help me to be kinder and more loving to all around me, I pray.

This is what my squash plants are doing. Lots of blooms.



And lots of small fruits so far.



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For this "New Year" help me to be kinder and more loving to all around me, I pray.

the smallones are best. I used to let them grow to a foot or so andthey were good to brush with oil and spice put on the grill. My wife and daughter would not eat them so I started picking when they were 6 inches steamed them put some butter and seasoned spice on them. Now they love them. I have all the neighbors on my list for who gets the extras