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Well, I've got this squash plant growing in a pot out on the patio (round
heirloom zucchini) and I've been able to eat a few squash now and then. I've
been thinking about how I can plant this stuff when I get the garden up and
running.

I know zucchini takes a lot of space, it is a big plant even in the
container. But it is falling all over the place and I'm wondering if three
feet will do it. Or is there something about this particular plant. It is so
top heavy that it just flops over. Is it supposed to do this? Do you have to
stake these things, or how do you keep it from taking over the entire block?

I started it inside and put it out at the same depth, but I wonder if I
should have. There is a good 5 inches of stem before there is anything else,
and another 4 or so before any real leaves. Is that just because I had it
inside? "Everybody" says squash doesn't transplant well, but I started it in
a peat pellet and then a small container before moving it to the big
container, and it didn't seem to bother it. I can tell that it would be
trouble trying to start these in a flat, however.

I was over at the Atlanta Botanical Garden a few weeks ago, and they have
pattypans growing in the vegetable garden. They were small and have not even
started flowering, I think they started the seeds outside. They did look a
bit floppy as well. I'm going to have a look when I go back and see how they
are doing.

Something else interesting I saw out there, was they had some tomatoes caged
with twine. They put big wood stakes around about a half dozen tomato plants
and strung twine everywhere.

Andrea


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