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Zucchini and Other SorrowsRead the article this discussion is about
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» Howie - Zuccini <img src="http://www.suite101.com/files/topics/319/files/BlueEntoloma3.jpg" width="100" height="130" alt="Blue Entoloma, at Lake Matheson, New Zealand, 3,266 bytes" border=”2” align="left">I used to grow two zuccini plants, then just one plant then I gave up entirely. Surreptitiously leaving bags of them on the doorsteps of neighbors when they were not at home became tiresome. My compliments to one that has learned how to spread the wealth over the entire year. -- posted by Howie » Kirk_Johnson - Re: Zuccini In response to message posted by Howie:I am growing 19 zuccini and crookneck squash plants. Actually, it is more than that. I have a row of 19 old tires with at least three plants in each of them. I live on the very cool Oregon coast. There is never any point in starting the seeds outside until the end of May; they will just rot. June was so cool and wet that I don't think that I planted the seeds until close to July. I am harvesting my squash while they are still tiny. I am eating squash several times a week. Aren't you glad to hear that there are gardeners who aren't sick of them by September? -- posted by Kirk_Johnson » Kirk_Johnson - Re: Re: Re: Zuccini In response to message posted by Howie:I ate summer squah last night and I ate it again tonight. I harvest them when they are so young that the fading bloom is still attached. They do well on the Oregon coast, but they don't get out of control the way that they do in areas with warm summers. Actually, I have a problem with them not getting pollinated. I have bumble bees all summer long, but I only have honey bees in the spring, when they are brought to the nearby cranberry bogs. Bumble bees don't seem to be very effective pollinators of summer squash. This has been a problem ever since the honey bees were decimated by a parasite. -- posted by Kirk_Johnson
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