We're not afraid to say it: zucchini plants are a little needy. Not emotionally, obviously, but horticulturally. There are quite a few mistakes you could be making when growing zucchini, but if you ...

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These beneficial neighbors will give your squash plants the assist they need to thrive. Planting the right companions with zucchini helps it grow better, stay healthy, avoid pests naturally, and more.

Zucchini flowers are a summertime delicacy. Each year, when they begin to bloom, I’ll walk barefoot through the garden soil, wet with dew, and snip off the blossoms that lie open to the morning sun.

Many vining garden plants put out male flowers first. Squash, melon, and cucumbers all do this. You can tell the flowers are male because they have a stem. Female flowers are stemless, and you may see ...

If you still have space in your garden or an empty place on your patio, it’s not too late to plant zucchini. The ground is warm enough, and it looks like we are in for some hot weather so they should ...

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Zucchini, a type of summer squash that loves warm weather, grows relatively quickly, usually around two months from seed to harvest. That is, if zucchini reaches its full size before pests—aphids, ...