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necrotica in gardening

Brand new gardener with a zucchini plant question...

Jun 02, 2011 19:14

Hi, all! I've had this community on my friends list for years, but I've never had a garden until now. I just have a quick question about my "Midnight Lightning" zucchini plant. Is this variety supposed to have a trellis? If so, is it too late to put one up for it? Sorry if this is a dumb n00b question; I was under the impression that this was ( Read more... )

beginning gardener, vegetable: zucchini

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matanai June 3 2011, 02:13:41 UTC

Zucchini are probably my favorite garden plants even though they aren't my favorite vegetables. They grow *so* big and are a pleasure to look at and they produce, produce, PRODUCE! OH MY GOD ZUCCHINI THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL BAT BECAUSE I FORGOT TO PICK IT YESTERDAY!!!

necrotica June 3 2011, 02:44:14 UTC

I LOVE zucchini, so having too much would be a good problem for me to have!

heinleinfan June 3 2011, 09:03:55 UTC

My husband and I refer to them as Ninja Zucchini.

day 1: oh, look, a teeny zucchini!
day 3: hmm, it's about six inches, I'll let it go a bit more so I can make a pizza crust out of it
day 5: WTF, THAT THING WON'T FIT IN MY HOUSE!

matanai June 3 2011, 10:40:13 UTC

LOL. I'm going to use that term from now on! Thanks!

Day 1: Oh, no zucchini...
Day 2: WTF how am I going to eat all that?!

mallt June 3 2011, 03:46:03 UTC

If you end up with more than you want, they make great chips... slice, season & put in a dehydrator... healthy road trip snacks! (Well that's what we usually make them for!)

heinleinfan June 3 2011, 09:02:09 UTC

When I'm feeling overly nervous about a possible zucchini breakage, I just tie it up, gently. Just a small stake next to it, and some cotton twine around the plant and stake, very loose and just for support a bit, not at all tight or trying to actually hold it upright.

But that is one fine looking zucchini right there, and doesn't look in danger of breaking off at all. I'm jealous, I have 1 teeeeeny tiny sprout you can barely see, I won't be harvesting for a good 6 weeks still.