My Clarimore Zucchini plant is finally getting tired. This plant has pumped out dozens of zucchini. There are usually two or three getting big on the vine at any one time. But now you can see that the base leaves are yellowing and there is some powdery mildew specs on the leaves against the ground.
If you look at the growing end of the vine, the new blooms are slowing down and the last one did not get pollinated. It's time for the plant to come out.
Back in July, after a rainstorm, one of the base leaves wilted and I feared it was a sign of a squash vine borer or some viral disease, so I planted a few seeds in a pot and set it aside and in due course I transplanted that resulting plant to a gallon pot. On August 11, after I had pulled the main crop of cucumbers, I set that plant out in the empty space created. I have already picked the first zucchini from this plant a week or so ago, and there are two new zucchinis just about ready.
Out with the old - In with the new.
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