Re: What's wrong with my zucchini?

Sorry, Cyndi.  I've grown zucchini for many years but the only problem
I ever had was from borers.  If I watched closely and caught it in time
I could split the stem, pick out the borer, throw some dirt over the
injured stem and it would probably recover.  The past two years,
however, I have not been able to get any squashes established.
I have planted seeds repeatedly, both in the garden and in the
house under lights.  In the garden I am sure chipmunks dug up
the seed and ate them, for I found the empty hulls lying around.
When I put the ones I had started in peat pots indoors out on the
screened porch to harden, they were pulled out of the pots and
broken up - again chipmunks, I guess.  Most discouraging season
I have ever had.
Auralie
 
In a message dated 7/15/2009 6:06:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gardenqueen@gmail.com writes:

I don't grow it either Cyndi - I don't have the room (and can't afford the
water).  I'm sorry!

On 7/15/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've never grown zucchini....sorry.  I should, cause I love it, but
> haven't done it.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95
> CS/SCOSI<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> > No theories from anyone?
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
> > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:33 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: [CHAT] What's wrong with my zucchini?
> >
> > Any of you master gardeners out there? My zucchini started off great, as
> > zucchinis usually do, but I'm not getting anything now.  There are male
> > and female flower buds but they are drying up before they open.  On a
> > couple of plants it almost looks like the new growth is very bunched
> > together (I'm probably not explaining this well), as though there is not
> > enough stem between where the leaves and flowers are growing. However
> > the others look okay. Leaves are green and healthy enough, I noticed
> > they do have some squash bugs, I planned on spraying this evening.
> > I thought of heat stress, but I've grown squash for 20 years in this
> > climate and not had the problem before. Some kind of soil deficiency?
> >


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