Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) is a popular type of summer squash that is considered easy to grow in home gardens. Still, having a productive zucchini plant depends on proper growing techniques. There are ...

Time lapse video of growing a zucchini plant in 76 days, from seed to fruit. The seed was germinated just fine and grew ...

Like other types of squash, zucchini can attract pests like aphids, squash bugs, and vine borers, which discolor plant leaves, damage developing fruit, and sometimes even cause entire vines to ...

DEER PARK, Wash. — Eric Elithorp has to harvest his zucchini at least three times a week. Sometimes more. “You can almost see it grow,” Elithorp said. “If you get a 90-degree day, sometimes you’ve got ...

GREENFIELD – Tis the season to share the bounty of the garden, and local vegetable growers are digging into the many ways to use zucchini. The plant that just keeps on giving can yield so much squash, ...

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 ...

Planting the right companions with zucchini helps it grow better, stay healthy, avoid pests naturally, and more. Zucchini grows best near beans, peas, and herbs like basil because they help the plant ...

Like art fairs and Pine Knob, you're part of a Michigan summer. It's just there's so much of you, sometimes — especially now when you're so plentiful, a bumper crop as usual, showing up at farm stands ...

The tips of the fruit are black and mushy. The problem is an issue with calcium absorption which is sometimes caused by irregular watering. Add calcium to the soil with produces like bonemeal or ...

I reached a new low in gardening last year when I managed to kill my zucchini plants. I’m blaming it on having a newborn in the house last summer. Zucchini has always been one of the more vigorous and ...

Q: My zucchini squash won't bear fruit. The plant is big and lush and is producing lots of flowers — even some tiny baby squash that wither and fall off without developing. I have heard the gardener ...

* What it is: An oldie-but-goodie, ‘Cocozelle’ is an Italian heirloom summer squash that W. Atlee Burpee Co. introduced to American gardeners in 1890. It’s still a durable, high-yielding, good-tasting ...