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CanopyCo 19-06-2009 03:30 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 

My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.

Any idea why and how to make it stop?



gunner 19-06-2009 04:23 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 

"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...

My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.

Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot

http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...lossom_end_rot



Billy[_7_] 19-06-2009 05:36 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
In article ,
"gunner" wrote:

"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...

My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.

Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot

http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...lossom_end_rot


Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes away.
--

- Billy

There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
Will Rogers

http://green-house.tv/video/the-spring-garden-tour
http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn

CanopyCo 20-06-2009 07:00 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
On Jun 19, 10:36*am, Billy wrote:
In article ,

*"gunner" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
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My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.


Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot


http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...ni_blossom_end...


Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes away.
--

- Billy


There be no bees.
Not that I have seen anyway.
There once was a hive just next door, but they all died off for
unknown reasons.

I’ll start treatment for blossom end rot right now, and see if that
helps.
I notice that calcium deficiency is part of that problem.
Should I put some calcium vitamin pills in the dirt around the plant?


Billy[_7_] 20-06-2009 07:19 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
In article
,
CanopyCo wrote:

On Jun 19, 10:36*am, Billy wrote:
In article ,

*"gunner" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...


My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.


Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot


http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...ni_blossom_end...


Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes away.
--

- Billy


There be no bees.
Not that I have seen anyway.
There once was a hive just next door, but they all died off for
unknown reasons.

I¹ll start treatment for blossom end rot right now, and see if that
helps.
I notice that calcium deficiency is part of that problem.
Should I put some calcium vitamin pills in the dirt around the plant?


No bees. You're gonna have to get up close and personal with your zuchs.
Pull the petals off the male flowers and do what comes naturally with it
to the female flowers.
--

- Billy

There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
Will Rogers

http://green-house.tv/video/the-spring-garden-tour
http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn

Steve Peek 20-06-2009 08:39 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 

"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...
On Jun 19, 10:36 am, Billy wrote:
In article ,

"gunner" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...


My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.


Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot


http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...ni_blossom_end...


Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes away.
--

- Billy


There be no bees.
Not that I have seen anyway.
There once was a hive just next door, but they all died off for
unknown reasons.

I’ll start treatment for blossom end rot right now, and see if that
helps.
I notice that calcium deficiency is part of that problem.
Should I put some calcium vitamin pills in the dirt around the plant?

If there aren't any bees your problem IS NOT blossom end rot. You female
flowers aren't getting pollinated. You're going to have to do it by hand.
See Billy's post.
Steve



CanopyCo 20-06-2009 11:56 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
On Jun 20, 1:39*pm, "Steve Peek" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message

...
On Jun 19, 10:36 am, Billy wrote:





In article ,


"gunner" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
....


My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.


Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot


http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...ni_blossom_end....


Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes away.
--


- Billy


There be no bees.
Not that I have seen anyway.
There once was a hive just next door, but they all died off for
unknown reasons.

I’ll start treatment for blossom end rot right now, and see if that
helps.
I notice that calcium deficiency is part of that problem.
Should I put some calcium vitamin pills in the dirt around the plant?

If there aren't any bees your problem IS NOT blossom end rot. You female
flowers aren't getting pollinated. You're going to have to do it by hand.
See Billy's post.
Steve- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Either there is a little sneak a bee activity, or someone else is
cutting in on there action.

;-)

I am harvesting good looking fruit, just that some of it is not making
it.
It does the end softening thing while still thumb sized.

Not all the fruit, just about 1 in 5.


Billy[_7_] 21-06-2009 02:51 AM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
In article
,
CanopyCo wrote:

On Jun 20, 1:39*pm, "Steve Peek" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message

...
On Jun 19, 10:36 am, Billy wrote:





In article ,


"gunner" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...


My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.


Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot


http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...ni_blossom_end...


Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes away.
--


- Billy


There be no bees.
Not that I have seen anyway.
There once was a hive just next door, but they all died off for
unknown reasons.

I¹ll start treatment for blossom end rot right now, and see if that
helps.
I notice that calcium deficiency is part of that problem.
Should I put some calcium vitamin pills in the dirt around the plant?

If there aren't any bees your problem IS NOT blossom end rot. You female
flowers aren't getting pollinated. You're going to have to do it by hand.
See Billy's post.
Steve- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Either there is a little sneak a bee activity, or someone else is
cutting in on there action.

;-)

I am harvesting good looking fruit, just that some of it is not making
it.
It does the end softening thing while still thumb sized.

Not all the fruit, just about 1 in 5.


Bees aren't the only pollinators. If you don't want to get down with
your zukes, just wait. The bees will show up, eventually.
--

- Billy

There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
Will Rogers

http://green-house.tv/video/the-spring-garden-tour
http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn

phorbin 21-06-2009 12:38 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
In article 1fd649b2-ba86-46d4-8725-f61f7523d4e0
@s16g2000vbp.googlegroups.com, says...
On Jun 19, 10:36*am, Billy wrote:
In article ,

*"gunner" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
....


My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.


Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot


http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...ni_blossom_end....

Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes away.
--

- Billy


There be no bees.
Not that I have seen anyway.
There once was a hive just next door, but they all died off for
unknown reasons.


Zone 5 here after a very cool spring, and our bees have been active
since it first got warm enough for them to move.

What do you have for flowers, grasses etc. in and around your garden?


CanopyCo 21-06-2009 03:49 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
On Jun 21, 5:38*am, phorbin wrote:
In article 1fd649b2-ba86-46d4-8725-f61f7523d4e0
@s16g2000vbp.googlegroups.com, says...





On Jun 19, 10:36*am, Billy wrote:
In article ,


*"gunner" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...


My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.


Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot


http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...ni_blossom_end...


Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes away.
--


- Billy


There be no bees.
Not that I have seen anyway.
There once was a hive just next door, but they all died off for
unknown reasons.


Zone 5 here after a very cool spring, and our bees have been active
since it first got warm enough for them to move.

What do you have for flowers, grasses etc. in and around your garden?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Standard Oklahoma flora and fauna.

A few miles of uninhabited oak forest 100 yards straight south, kind
of horseshoeing to cover south & west.

Arkansas river east of me, across a highway, past some businesses and
housing, about a quarter mile straight east as the crow flies.

Large (40 acre) pasture next land north of me that is Johnson grass.

Clover & Bermuda mostly in the yard.

Oil field polluted creak with willows next thing, just immediately
south of the garden.

Pecan & black walnut trees in the yard.

Squash is in a boat full of dirt and oak leaves right next to the
creek.
Next to that is onions in refrigerators turned on there side.
Goat and chicken pin next to that garden patch, and surrounding the
tomato patch.

Odds and ends flowers around the house.
Tiger Lilies mostly.

I sure miss my neighbors bees.


Steve Peek 21-06-2009 04:20 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 

"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...
On Jun 21, 5:38 am, phorbin wrote:
In article 1fd649b2-ba86-46d4-8725-f61f7523d4e0
@s16g2000vbp.googlegroups.com, says...





On Jun 19, 10:36 am, Billy wrote:
In article ,


"gunner" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...


My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom
end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.


Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot


http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...ni_blossom_end...


Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes
away.
--


- Billy


There be no bees.
Not that I have seen anyway.
There once was a hive just next door, but they all died off for
unknown reasons.


Zone 5 here after a very cool spring, and our bees have been active
since it first got warm enough for them to move.

What do you have for flowers, grasses etc. in and around your garden?-
Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Standard Oklahoma flora and fauna.

A few miles of uninhabited oak forest 100 yards straight south, kind
of horseshoeing to cover south & west.

Arkansas river east of me, across a highway, past some businesses and
housing, about a quarter mile straight east as the crow flies.

Large (40 acre) pasture next land north of me that is Johnson grass.

Clover & Bermuda mostly in the yard.

Oil field polluted creak with willows next thing, just immediately
south of the garden.

Pecan & black walnut trees in the yard.

Squash is in a boat full of dirt and oak leaves right next to the
creek.
Next to that is onions in refrigerators turned on there side.
Goat and chicken pin next to that garden patch, and surrounding the
tomato patch.

Odds and ends flowers around the house.
Tiger Lilies mostly.

I sure miss my neighbors bees.


Sounds like it may be time to learn about beekeeping.
Steve



Billy[_7_] 21-06-2009 06:13 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
In article ,
"Steve Peek" wrote:

"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...
On Jun 21, 5:38 am, phorbin wrote:
In article 1fd649b2-ba86-46d4-8725-f61f7523d4e0
@s16g2000vbp.googlegroups.com, says...





On Jun 19, 10:36 am, Billy wrote:
In article ,


"gunner" wrote:
"CanopyCo" wrote in message
.
..


My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom
end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.


Any idea why and how to make it stop?


Most likely its Blossom End Rot


http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com...ni_blossom_end..
.


Gunner's suggestion seems right on. The only other observation I would
make is "how are your bees?" I often have this problem, for the first
couple of weeks, when my squash start to produce. In the past, someone
in the group has given me things to do or think about and by the time
I'm ready to do them, the bees have arrived, and the problem goes
away.
--


- Billy


There be no bees.
Not that I have seen anyway.
There once was a hive just next door, but they all died off for
unknown reasons.


Zone 5 here after a very cool spring, and our bees have been active
since it first got warm enough for them to move.

What do you have for flowers, grasses etc. in and around your garden?-
Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Standard Oklahoma flora and fauna.

A few miles of uninhabited oak forest 100 yards straight south, kind
of horseshoeing to cover south & west.

Arkansas river east of me, across a highway, past some businesses and
housing, about a quarter mile straight east as the crow flies.

Large (40 acre) pasture next land north of me that is Johnson grass.

Clover & Bermuda mostly in the yard.

Oil field polluted creak with willows next thing, just immediately
south of the garden.

Pecan & black walnut trees in the yard.

Squash is in a boat full of dirt and oak leaves right next to the
creek.
Next to that is onions in refrigerators turned on there side.
Goat and chicken pin next to that garden patch, and surrounding the
tomato patch.

Odds and ends flowers around the house.
Tiger Lilies mostly.

I sure miss my neighbors bees.


Sounds like it may be time to learn about beekeeping.
Steve


Might take a look at
http://gardening.about.com/od/attrac...Bee_Plants.htm
and
http://www.dianeseeds.com/flowers/be...l-insects.html

I find bees buzzing the wisteria, and the sage long before the garden is
ready for them. Violets attract bees as well, and they have a long
flowering season (at least they do here). You really need a succession
of flowers to keep the bees in your garden.
--

- Billy

There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
Will Rogers

http://green-house.tv/video/the-spring-garden-tour
http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn

Aluckyguess[_3_] 21-06-2009 07:06 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
I let have about have the broccoli go to flowers it brings a lot of bee's.



Billy[_7_] 21-06-2009 09:57 PM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 
In article ,
"Aluckyguess" wrote:

I let have about have the broccoli go to flowers it brings a lot of bee's.


and butterflies, another pollinator.


€ Brassica oleracea Acephala Group - kale and collard greens - 500 BC
€ Brassica oleracea Alboglabra Group- Chinese broccoli
€ Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group - cauliflower, Romanesco broccoli
and broccoflower
€ Brassica oleracea Capitata Group - cabbage - 1100 AD
€ Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group - brussels sprouts - 1750 AD
€ Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group - kohlrabi
€ Brassica oleracea Italica Group - broccoli - late 1600 AD
--

- Billy

There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
Will Rogers

http://green-house.tv/video/the-spring-garden-tour
http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn

gunner 27-06-2009 07:54 AM

Zucchini squash going bad.
 

"CanopyCo" wrote in message
...

My green zucchini squash is turning yellow and soft on the blossom end
before it is even big enough to do anything with.

Any idea why and how to make it stop?


How has the heat and the watering been going? are you still seeing the
problem?




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