FOY / GA: First zuke of the year harvested

Several of the GA zukes are looking great and harvested the first zuke today.  None of of the four backyard zukes are though -- all looking pretty puny.

Removed tulle from rest of the zukes which aren't doing well anyway

Yeesh, another bit of a measly year for the backyard zukes -- after the initial flush, they just petered out and don't look like they're doing much of anything -- the females are dying before even opening.  So, removed the tulle today and will let them live out their days.

Zucchini FOS; scallopini all males still

Golden Glories are producing!  1st one from the yard today, and more to come from yard and GA.

The scallopinis on the other hand -- although they look fantastic -- vigorous and strong -- they're all males so far.

First-ever CONTAINER ZUCCHINI harvested! And more on the way!

Woo!  So exciting!  If the container thing is really successful this year, I could see converting more zukes to containers in future years -- it's just more space-efficient and flexible.

First zucchini harvested! A ronde.

And so it begins!

Zucchini harvest by month

Monthly tally:

June = 4

July = 51

August = 54

September = 22

October = 7

Total = 138

138 (!!!!) zucchinis harvested this year! (final one was yesterday)

A record year for me!  That's 138 zucchinis out of a total of 8 or 9 plants (3 or 4 of which were late starts).  It would have been a few more had I not been away camping when the first ones flowered.

That's 15 to 17 zucchinis per plant!

The freezer is certainly well stocked with zucchini soups and sauces.

The varieties were Golden Glory and Eight Ball.  I loved them both, they both seemed to do equally well.

The 7 tulled zucchinis had zero issues with SVB.  Will definitely tulle most of my zukes again in future years.

130th zucchini harvested!

I thought this was late in the season, but actually, looking back to past years, the latest I harvested zucchinis was into November!  And October frequently too.

So, maybe the harvest will go on longer than I thought... Though things are massively slowed down, hardly any flowers happening and when they do, the zukes are very slow to grow.  I think part is they must have depleted the soil, given how amazingly productive they are... plus the powdery mildew doesn't help either.  

120th zucchini harvested!

Most of the zucchini plants keep trucking along, ever so slowly -- though the late untulled start in the central bed is doing awesome, quite productive.

100th ZUCCHINI HARVESTED!!!!

Woot!  I guess this makes up for all those recent years of puny wimpy zucchini plants that hardly produced anything at all.  Still unsure whether it's due to new varieties this year, or because of the kelp/MRP I gave them at planting and along the way.

The plants are definitely still slumped, but some more zukes are still on the way.

80th (and 81st and 82nd) zucchini harvested today!

Several of the plants have really slumped, but I dare say I think by season's end it will be over 100 zucchinis!

50th!!!!! (and 51st) zucchinis harvested today!!!!!!

50th zucchini harvested (several zukes still in a slump)

^^^

40th zucchini harvested!! Most zukes going strong, but with some down time here and there

Yowzers!  July 6th marked my 10th zuke, and now just 2 weeks later I'm up to 40.  Awesome!  The powdery mildew is expanding, so it may be a matter of time, but at 40 zukes already I can't complain.  Compare to last year when I harvested a total of 26 to 28 (the last one being in November)!

I'm finding many/most of the plants go crazy in production for a while, then it's like they take a pause to re-group.  Currently the west bed / north two / westmost one is on a big pause, but hopefully it will rebound.

10th zuke harvested!

WOW, super happy with how all of the zukes are doing!  Even the two that looked pale initially, which I almost pulled back then, have been doing well and producing.

Tulle remains over all of these.

First batch of Zucchini Basil Pasta Sauce!

:-)

Today's harvest

Things are going gangbusters overall!  Today's harvest:

peas (tons)

broccoli (piracicaba) (getting a basketful every week)

zucchini (5th of the year)

kale (tons)

chard (tons)

dill (a few sprigs)

basil (lots)

stevia (good amount(

carrot (a bit too early)

FIRST ZUCCHINI HARVESTED! (Eight Ball) It's a beauty!

Woo hoo!!  The zucchini plants are all doing great, knock on wood!  The Eight Ball are definitely more advanced than the Golden Glory, but the first Golden took and will be ready in a few days.

Final zucchini harvested! (26th, or 27th, or 28th) And all of the green tomatoes

Prior to -4 expected tonight, harvested final zucchini – not huge but enough to make a pancake.  The plant got zero sun in recent weeks due to fence / sun angle.

Also harvested the final tomatoes, still green.

25th (or 26th or 27th) zucchini harvested -- surely this is the final one of the season

From one of the early-season plants that was never tulled, amazingly enough.