Thanks, I'll look for that.
Though this is the first time anything has been planted in this
plot. Before conditioning the area it was covered with plastic and
tan bark for 10 years...

I may be over watering...

Have a great Independence Day!

Jeff

Julia Altshuler wrote:

jhultman wrote:

Should the zucchini plant produce consecutive crops all season or do
they blossom, produce some, then die out?

That's what mine are doing. I should've planted a few more weeks
later than the first batch.

Emil

They should keep producing until frost. Perhaps a bug is causing your problem?

--Lia

jhultman wrote:

Thanks, I'll look for that.
Though this is the first time anything has been planted in this
plot. Before conditioning the area it was covered with plastic and
tan bark for 10 years...

I may be over watering...

Have a great Independence Day!

Many bugs fly. They'd have no trouble finding your plants no matter what you
did with the soil. Consider the Squash Vine Borer. That's what has given me
trouble in the past.

--Lia

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 17:25:00 -0700, jhultman
wrote:

Should the zucchini plant produce consecutive crops all season or do
they blossom, produce some, then die out?

That's what mine are doing. I should've planted a few more weeks
later than the first batch.

Nobody knows. Nearly all squash plants are overtaken by mildew or
squash vine borers or some other pest well before their useful life is
over. :-) Seriously, squash isn't a crop with a single flush of
blooms and fruit. If your plants are disease- and insect-free, they
will continue to produce throughout your growing season.

Just a week ago I was telling y'all how pleased I was to have so many zucchini
flowers. Now I have a problem I'd never considered: The flowers aren't
opening! I have even more flowers, but they're still nice, yellow, tightly
coiled, petally things, not fully blooming flowers that I could stick a soft
brush into for fertilization. The plant looks healthy. I've removed some
yellowing large leaves, but there's enough new growth in smaller green leaves
that I'm not worried. The last week has been hot and sunny. The whiskey barrel
is getting full sun. I've been watering daily. My half whiskey barrel has bush
beans planted around the zucchini. Any ideas on what's going wrong?

--Lia