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Zucchini Plant #20827 July 31st, 2004 at 05:08 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Vancouver, washington largelady@aol.com OP Member
OP largelady@aol.com Member Joined: Jul 2003 Vancouver, washington	My zucchini plant is overrunning my garden. Lots of leaves, not much fruit though. My question is, can I trim some of the leaf stalks without harming the plant?

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Re: Zucchini Plant #20828 July 31st, 2004 at 03:30 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Yes you Can,Trim the lower/older leaves, and I would go with a fertilizer of your choice with the Phosphorous a little higher...suggestions would depend on your choice, organic or non-organic, as long as the 'P'(n-p-k) is prominent.

Re: Zucchini Plant #20829 August 1st, 2004 at 10:56 PM
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Miracle Grower Member Joined: Jul 2004 Lubbock, Texas	My squash plant wouldn't produce anything, and i trimed it back, it put off new leaves and started producing again.

Re: Zucchini Plant #20830 August 1st, 2004 at 11:59 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Vancouver, washington largelady@aol.com OP Member
OP largelady@aol.com Member Joined: Jul 2003 Vancouver, washington	Thanks for the replies, I have some Miricle Grow left from fertilizing the flowers so I used that. It does seem to be producing more now. Saw a bunch of small squash starting. Just the plant is getting so big and is covering my cucumber. At least I know now that I can trim back a few leaves and it won't kill the plant. Weather has been so wacky, hot then cold, that I think the poor plants don't know what season it really is.

Re: Zucchini Plant #20831 August 5th, 2004 at 01:05 PM
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OP largelady@aol.com Member Joined: Jul 2003 Vancouver, washington	Trimmed off some of the leaves on the zucchini and found an 8" squash! Yippee! Got some new ones starting too. Thanks all for the advice.

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