Friday, August 6, 2010
Goodbye Zucchini
The poor zucchini plants lost it's battle with the scorching heat and lack of rain. We pulled 2 plants today and tossed them into the composter. I was actually pretty sad, really sad to have to pull these plants, since there were little baby zucchinis growing on it. I was hoping the plants would pull through, and was hoping for more zucchini this year. I didn't quite get the overload of zucchini that I was wishing for. But the poor thing was so wilted and the leaves had turned brown, and the vine snapped off the roots. We still have 2 more plants in the ground, but they look like they are also knocking on death's door. Ugh! See you next year my dear summer squash!
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In prior years we have had yellow squash and zucchini coming out our ears with just one plant. This year, the fruit fails prior to maturity. All I can say is 'strange gardening year'. Go figure. We'll just eat green beans instead. ;) Enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteUgh, I know how it feels, but there comes a time when we have to shut down the fun on the borers and squash bugs and mildew... "PARTY'S OVER GUYS... YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO HOME, BUT YOU CAN'T STAY HERE"... LOL
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your zucchini loss. Ours are slow to produce this year. We have 8 plants as opposed to the three last year and last years harvest was greater.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you lost your zuke plants. On the other hand you won't be growing monsters or having to leave bags of zukes at an unsuspecting neighbors door!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't know what it is about the squash/zuchinni that makes their stems wilt up and die, then causes the rest of the plant to die.
ReplyDeleteSorry. Death day for the garden squash. And the irony is that you would have gladly taken more squash! Put a sign out in the front yard "squash wanted" - you may find quite a heap, lol.
ReplyDeletePoor zukes. But on the positive side, you've used them in your compost bin! Okay, not exactly something to cheer about. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteOuch... too hot for squash! My are still begging for some sun, I wonder if tomatoes and peppers will even happen this year!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting... Stay Cool!!
Bella
I plant a couple more zucchini on July 1st.
ReplyDeleteSorry about that. I know how you feel. I also had high hopes for Zucchini Bread by the loads but to my horror the weather also got me. Oh well there's always next year.
ReplyDeleteGardening is a series of acceptances; isn't it? I remember around this time last year we lost all our zucchini and squash plants within a matter of 5 days or so -- to mildew because we had too much rain! Certainly not the situation this summer. I wish y'all would get more rain...
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