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11-04-2004, 04:02 AM

(Surfgeotwo) wrote in message ...
has anyone tried these? is it worth it?

i amgrowing zuccini for my first time. the flowers are still twisted up and
havent opened yet,and they feel so delicate i would think i would need at least
100 to be worth eating.

not to mention that by eating thje flowers you wont get any zuccini. just
curios on any thoughts, perhaps my plant will be so prolofic that we can eat
some flowers and still have fruits to harvest?

not true. For about three weeks you get only male flowers, which you
can fry with abandon, tempura-style. They are the best. Later you will
get both males and females - the latter having an enlarged stem (the
future zucchini). At that point you have to leave a few males around
or else no pollination will happen and the zucchini will abort.