Category Archives: zucchini

Zucchini Blossoms

By Ellen Wells | Published: July 10, 2009

Q. Zucchini: Once the male blossom does its job of pollinizing, and fruit is set on female, can the male blossom be removed? Can too many males foil the maturing of the fruit of the female?
Cave Junction, Oregon
A. Leaving the male flowers on your zucchini will have no effect either way. Since they are a [...]

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Zucchini Leaves

By Ellen Wells | Published: July 10, 2009

Q. Is it harmful to cut the leaves off my zucchini plant once it starts producing? My husband does this every year and it seems to slow down the production of zucchini. He also does this to my tomato plants and they stop blooming.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
A. Your husband should stop removing leaves from your vegetable plants. [...]

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Zucchini Blossom Drop

By Ellen Wells | Published: June 21, 2009

Q. 

I put in a NEW vegetable garden this year. I tiled in a small amount of aged horse manure and a small amount of garden soil. My zucchini plants are small but there are lots of blossoms on them, but the blossoms fall off and there is no fruit growing. The plants are also [...]

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Zucchini Blossoms Falling Off

By Ellen Wells | Published: June 4, 2009

Q. I am having trouble with something sniping the blooms off of my zucchini. Nothing on the plant is chewed except for the blooms. I have sprayed insect spray on the ground and on plant for grubs,etc. It worked for a day. That evening there is a big bloom ready to put on a zucchini, [...]

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