My zucchinis look grow very well at the first time.
Grow so fast, look so thrives with a plentiful flowers.
The male flower is more dominant.
I get some female flowers buds, but they fail to bloom of course the pollination.
I find a female flower that already pollinated, but the fruit lets became dry and brown, then rotten.
Some leaves get torn, I think it's caused by caterpillar attack, but I haven't been finding caterpillar.
Oh no! What's wrong? Eaten by insects?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure. I've checked the leaves, but no caterpillar on it.
DeleteFlowers looks beautiful. Need to spray pesticides to get rid of insects!
ReplyDeleteActually, I avoid on using pesticide for my garden. I try to use eco friendly materials.
DeleteO, insects but what to do, I should not use pesticides but try it with soapy water mixed with spirit. Anyway you have beautiful flowers now which look promising for fruits.
ReplyDeleteYes, sometimes I use soapy water as a eco friendly pesticide. I hope the plants leave me some fruits. I really want it.
DeleteZucchini are quite prolific, hopefully you will get fruits despite the nibbled leaves.
ReplyDeleteThanks CJ, I hope so.
DeleteCourgettes (zucchinis) always seem trouble free for us and produce huge gluts. Do others in your area grow them successfully?
ReplyDeleteZucchini is a minor vegetable here. It's grown limited and only sold at the special market for exclusive consumers. Here, the zucchinis are grown on the highland with the cool temperature.
DeleteYour climate is so different to ours here in the UK that I have no idea what is causing your problems. My courgette seeds have yet to sprout and I won't be eating courgettes for a few months yet. I do hope your flowers give you some fruit soon!
ReplyDeleteThanks Caro. I hope so. We have very hot, and humid weather, also windy and rainy days at the latest two weeks. Maybe it's caused by the unfriendly weather.
DeleteWhen I grow them it takes a long time to get the first squash, in the garden they grow maybe 2 feet tall or so and have large leaves. I have not grown them in pots but it might take awhile longer. Often the zucchini will rot early on in the season but I don't know why. They depend on moths to pollinate at night and other insects during early morning from what I remember. You might try a larger pot on one of them to see if it has any change.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice. Maybe I should try to sow it on the new plot with the bigger container.
DeleteEndah, sometimes it is, the courgettes bloom and bear fruit there.
ReplyDeleteI believe that you will have a great harvest.
For me it is the same.
I wish you a nice, sunny weekend.
Greetings from far away Polish ♥ ♥ ♥
Lucia
Thanks Lucia. I hope you have a nice weekend too
DeleteHmmm. Not sure. We have trouble with squash bugs here, but if that were the case you'd likely be seeing them. I hope you get lots of zucchini anyhow.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa. I hope so.
DeleteNice courgettes :) No wonder some bugs eat the leaves, they look so fresh and green. Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteMy mother says the first fruits aren't usually great because the pollinisation isn't perfect, but if you're patient, she gets tons of them after the first few rotten ones!
ReplyDeleteOh thanks, I still have expectation to my zucchinis.
DeleteNice Zucchini plants! I never thought to plant them in pots, but that's a great idea! I wonder if Neem Oil would help with the insect damage? It's an organic method--I haven't tried it yet, but I have some in case I need it for my Lemon tree. Article About Neem Oil.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great information.
DeleteEndah, I always pollinate zucchini myself. I take off all male flowers except one. I open this one male flower and pollinate female flowers. Usually 2-3 female by one male flower.It guarantees you to have first zucchini harvest.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. This is a great lesson.
DeleteSometimes the caterpillar is in the land and out at night to eat, so we do not see.
ReplyDeleteA Kiss.
Yes, we call it 'night army worm'. Thank you for stopping by
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