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   Michael Trew to All   
   Zucchini   
   01 Aug 23 01:02:02   
   
   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   It was mentioned on here not long ago about end rot.  My zucchini plants   
   took off, and are huge.  I picked one over a foot long today that seemed   
   quite solid, but the two others I picked were shorter, and the ends were   
   starting to rot.  Is there a reason for this?  I think I'll just chop   
   the bad end off.   
      
   I gave one of the soft-end ones to my neighbor who's going to fry it.   
   I'm in a debate what I'll make, but I might batter and fry some of it,   
   serve with tomato sauce, and shred the rest of the zucchini for zucchini   
   bread.    As is tradition, my cabbage was half eaten, and the ones that   
   weren't eaten look like they'll amount to nothing, for some reason.  At   
   least the groundhogs are leaving my zucchini alone this year.   
      
   I haven't grown green beans in years, and I left many of them on the   
   vine too long.  The pods swelled up and became too firm.  My tomato   
   plants are huge, but I've only had a few ripe tomatoes so far.  Bell   
   peppers and banana peppers didn't grow much.  I don't have a single bell   
   pepper ready.  I haven't hardly looked at the other bed with potatoes,   
   onions, garlic, and horseradish.  I think I planted leeks this year,   
   too.  Watermelon, carrots, and a few other things I'm forgetting.   
      
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