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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Audrey III in The Little Garden of....

I do believe that Audrey II must have gotten kinky with a squash plant and that one of their offspring is my Romanesco zucchini. It was such a pretty plant last month, and so well behaved.

June 11
By July it started having designs on its neighbors, but fortunately I had some barriers in place and it has respected them.

July 2

But now it has decided that the paths are fair game and it is moving right on in. Before long I won't be able to take the path between the two beds.

July 26

Fortunately, Audrey III didn't inherit one of its parents' taste for Homo sapiens. But it is a good idea to wear long sleeves when harvesting the zucchinis, Audrey III is bristly and does like to scratch. My Audrey started producing back on June 4 and since then it has given me over 41 pounds of zucchinis.


Next year I think I'm going to give the Romanesco zucchini one entire end of a bed instead of just a corner (last year it had to share a corner and the other plant got smothered). Who would have thought this little thing could get to be so HUGE.



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6 comments:

  1. MargaretJuly 26, 2014 at 6:37 PM

    That zucchini plant is just incredible. My largest is markedly sparse, although the leaves it does have are pretty big, so I guess that's something.

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  2. MacJuly 26, 2014 at 9:28 PM

    I would love to have an Audrey in my garden, but I don't have the space, and what do I do with all the zukes? New to my garden this year is a Korean summer squash, it's putting out tendrils and wants to climb that's a good sign, save some space and easy harvest, actually I don't know what to expect from this squash, I can't read Korean on the seed packet but I'm growing it :P

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  3. Daphne GouldJuly 27, 2014 at 3:36 AM

    I hope you can tame it enough to keep it from taking the path over. I have a few plants that want to do that, but not to the extent of yours.

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  4. Mark WillisJuly 27, 2014 at 3:50 AM

    If only all vegetables were as prolific! The trouble with zucchini is that they produce so many fruits that it is easy to tire of them.

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  5. David VeltenJuly 27, 2014 at 1:32 PM

    I wondered about the authenticity of your F1 Romanesco, your early pictures of it looked so sedate. The OP version I have grown (when it was having a good year) would throw itself out of the bed into the paths. It didn't seem to be planned, just a sudden lurch. You had to tolerate its behavior because that was where all the new flowers and fruit were produced.

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  6. LexaJuly 27, 2014 at 9:50 PM

    What amazing growth! It reminds me of a few Winter Squash that I have grown. It's a good thing that you have so many fabulous zucchini recipes - 41 lbs and counting is a lot of !

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