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I ran away from teaching to the country to grow veggies. There are also some chooks and a pair of troublesome goats who were so much trouble they had to go! My simple green life isn't always as simple or as green as I'd like...but I keep trying!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Greyzini Zucchini

Here is a plant recommendation for you...Greyzini Zucchini


In the past I have grown the black variety.
I have found, that like many of their squash cousins
they produce an abundance of male flowers first.
Only much later do the female flowers appear.
The result being a longish wait for the first zucchini.

Well not in this case. 
As soon as it began to bloom
the Greyzini produced both male and female flowers.





































The zucchini have a lovely patterned skin...not really grey.

This early fruiting is not just an aberration isolated to my garden, because my sister's Greyzini is also a precocious producer.

It will be interesting to see how long the plant lasts and if it will continue to fruit as long as the black variety.

5 comments:

  1. Ooooooooooo I just picked a huge greyzini this evening too and plonked it in my dinner! I'll have to post. I haven't posted in a wee while.

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  2. Are the goats back on duty now? Did they say they missed you??

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  3. Are the goats sulking cos they could not come along? This zuchini variety is easy to be differentiate with other common zucchini by its unique foliage design.

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  4. I may grow that one next year. I have grown it once before and it is the only one that produced a couple of squash for me. We get so hot so fast that I think this would be the one to try again.

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  5. Interesting. My trombonchino (however it's spelled) zucchini is USELESS!!!! Still waiting!!

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