I sort of thought zucchini was idiot proof: you plant it and soon there are zucchini’s the size of baseball bats. But ours seems pretty slow. There are some flowers but no vegetables yet. The raised garden doesn’t get many hours of direct sun bc it is near a steep hillside and some trees. Also we are having overcast skies. I hope it will get going as July warms up and clears up. (Coastal CA. Summer is really more like late July through early October).
All I can advise is patience. Zukes flower as male blooms FIRST, then you have to wait for the females to bloom and THEN you’ll get baby zukes.
Science: Zucchini and other squash plants are monoecious, meaning they produce separate male and female flowers on the same plant.
If it’s STILL a problem later into the season, look up how to hand pollinate them on-line. All you need is a q-tip and the knowledge to tell the male from the female flowers and take the male pollen to the female flowers and all will be well. :)
zucchini for you soon
male flowers appear first
then you get the mix of male and female flowers
We like,the zucchini before it gets huge. Boiled with loads of butter salt and pepper. I never really cared for stuffed or baked when gets larger. We like to add yellow squash to it too. So,delicious.