How to Grow Zucchini at Home

• Plant Zucchini seeds directly in the place where they will grow to maturity.
• Seeds are planted as early as possible in Spring.
• Zucchini don't like their leaves wet, except by rain. Always water them at ground level, taking care not to wet the leaves.
• They are known to grow like squash, pumpkin and gourds. They have long stalks and huge green leaves.
• They produce a yellow flower which turns into the vegetable.
• Though Zucchini and pumpkin both part of the same family, Zucchini grows without a tangle of runners that spread like wildfire.
• The plants grow in a contained area, much smaller area than other pumpkin family members.
• The Zucchini flowers can be eaten either fresh in salad, stuffed or used in soups and sautés
• Zucchini has small fleshy cucumber like fruits.
• After the zucchini start to flower, the fruits will appear within a few days.
• Check them regularly so you can harvest them when they are 8 -10cm (3-4") long.
Let the name "baby" not fool you, each Zucchini can grow to 35-50cm (14-20") long if you don't watch them. You can then call them Giant Baby Marrows. If you go away for a few days, ask a friend to pick them for you, otherwise you will have loads of giant baby marrows when you get back. The giant ones are usable to a point. When they grow up too long they become fibrous and inedible

Companions (do well together)
• Zucchini grows well with radish, corn and pumpkin.
• They do not mind other plants around them.
• Grow beans with zucchini, it'll help to fix nitrogen.
• Grow mint and nasturtiums with zucchini, they will keep the insects at bay.

• Zucchini has small fleshy cucumber like fruits.
• After the zucchini start to flower, the fruits will appear in a few days.
• Once they have started to flower, check them regularly so you can harvest them when they are between eight and ten centimetres long.
• The flowers can be eaten either fresh in salad, stuffed or used in soups and sautés
• Let the name "baby" not fool you, they can grow up to 35-50 cm long if you don't watch them.
• Then you can call them Giant Baby Marrows.
• If you go away for a few days, ask a friend to pick them for you, otherwise you will have loads of giant baby marrow. Even though, the giant ones are usable to a point.
• When they grow up to about 16 inches long they become fibrous and inedible

• 1 medium zucchini
• 4 medium carrots


• Wash all vegetables.
• Cut tops and ends off the carrots and zucchini.
• Depending on the size of the opening of the juicer, prepare to cut the vegetables to fit.
• Mix juiced zucchini and carrots together.
• Sip don't gulp.


• This combination of vegetables can be used as a cleanser for the blood.
  *juicing can be done everyday but not in large quantity.

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