Vegetables
Beginner
Growing Zucchini: The Plant That Produces Too Much, Then Nothing
The zucchini glut is real, but it isn't a guarantee. The same plant that can bury you in fruit for three weeks can also sit there making only male flowers, or turning out misshapen fruit from poor pollination, and look identical from the outside while doing either. Here's what actually decides the outcome (pollination, mostly out of your hands), the 60-day wait to first fruit, and the 2-3 day window between a good 7in zucchini and an oversized, flavorless one that forces a daily check once fruiting starts.
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Tom Marsh7 min read
