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22 Dec 09, Tui (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

my plants are looking quite pale and stunted (light green to yellow) and I am getting male flowers that twist up and die before they open. What is going wrong?

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14 Dec 09, Catherine (Australia - tropical climate)

Hi Judy, I have the same red/orange bugs eating my zucchini leaves I think. Any info from anyone on this would be appreciated. My onion, garlic, chili spray didn't seem to deter them.

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02 Dec 09, Adam (Australia - temperate climate)

Claire, I would really like to know the answer to the rotting issue, mine start growing well and then some grow fully then some rot on the top, I want to know how to stop the rotting.

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22 Nov 09, Claire (Australia - temperate climate)

I have recently heard that you should pull the flower off the end of the zucchini once the zucchini has started to grow. The reson I was given is that if the flower is left on, it can cause the zucchini to rot due the amount of moisture it attracts??? I am going to try it as my zucchinis are begining to grow and then going yellow and rotting from the flower end? Has anyone else heard this???

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18 Nov 09, adam synnott (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi. With Zucchini, you have to pollinate the females with the males. I usually have 2 or 3 plants, enouhg for one person, and I use the males of one plant to pollinate the females of another. It's just a ritual I have every morning. And, they do just seem to grow on top of the soil, and have a spindly stem getting all the goodness for the plant. This is normal, and okay. A zucchini will let you know if it's not happy. It will wilt really quickly, and die really fast, if anything is wrong. They also cross pollinate very easily.

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18 Nov 09, Judy (Australia - temperate climate)

Brad - they often do this for a while at the start and then start producing zucchinis

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15 Nov 09, JUdy (Australia - temperate climate)

My zucchinis have red bugs that look a bit like ladybirds eating the leaves. Have grown zucchinis for 30 years and never seen them. Any ideas?

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13 Nov 09, Michelle (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi, first time veggie grower. My zucchini were planted from seed about 6 weeks ago. They seem to be growing quite healthy, but still small and no flowers. I also planted cucumber after the zuchs, and they are twice the size. Can someone please tell me why my zucchini's are growing so slowly?? thanks

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10 Nov 09, Dianna (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

My full grown zucchini fruits are spiky or hairy! Is this normal?? What do I do to get it off??

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17 Oct 09, allen bradford (Australia - temperate climate)

info on how to grow zucchini, are they a vine or groundcover type of plant

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