Thursday, February 10, 2011

Yellow fever!




The title sounded a bit corny though but I thought it is more or less describe how excited I am to harvest such a big zucchini. Not really sure whether this is too old to be eaten or it is just big Zucchini. This is actually my first time to plant and harvest such a big zucchini and in fact this is the first time that I saw such a huge zucchini. To be honest with you guys this is second large Zucchini that I have in my garden. I have a bigger one that keep growing and growing. I just want to see how big It can get and of course I wanted to save the seed. The size is almost double of this one.

 

I reckoned that the long zucchini is getting old so I harvest it to encourage a new batch of Zucchini to grow. Anyone can tell me whether these two zucchini is too old or not? and how do we know when should we harvest a good zucchini. I really have never planted any zucchini before and therefore I'm quite not sure what am I doing.
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  1. Zalia OthmanFebruary 10, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Yeap my first time seeing such a huge zucchini too.. crazy huge!

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  2. Malay-Kadazan girlFebruary 11, 2011 at 12:28 AM

    Mmmm...from the photos, I think it is still OK to be in the wok;-). The zukes look OK size to me but I am not sure about button.Tips to know which size is allright to harvest is checking the size which is usually on display in the market shelves.

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  3. hafez zahruddinFebruary 11, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    Looks delicious.... **contemplating growing gourd**

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  4. Simon baldwinFebruary 11, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Hi. That yellow squash looks delicious!!
    I love your photo's on your blog, and i'm looking forward to seeing a lot more of them!
    Simon.

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  5. HafizFebruary 11, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Thanks Simon.. like gardening I like photography too. Now that I have this garden my subject will always be the garden ;)

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  6. Mark WillisFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    I reckon that a courgette / marrow / squash / zucchini has to be REALLY big to be inedible. Yours look good to me. With the big ones you just have to cook them a bit longer and slower. A tiny courgette can be fried in a minute or so, but a big marrow needs to be braised in the oven for an hour.

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  7. HafizFebruary 25, 2011 at 12:03 AM

    We actually fry it in a stir fry vegi and it was delicious. Was quite nervous before we cooked it though.

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  8. Oregon Coast GardenerFebruary 27, 2011 at 4:04 AM

    It's fun to see summer squash in February... I guess it's always summer somewhere! Meanwhile we are experiencing extremely unusual winter temp on the Oregon coast of 22F last night...

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