Northeast Gardening: What's going on with my zucchini?, 1 by MaypopLaurel

MaypopLaurel wrote:
Doc, I seed them on an east/west axis and they head south. They start out bushy and then start creeping towards the sun. Even side branches on the zucchini will go with the flow. This is half of the zucchini patch. As you can see they are very close together and all headed in the same direction. They are now about three feet from their root base. I've grown many types. This year I planted leftover Mayo Dark Green (in photo) and French rounds. The yellow squash rambles more, but heads south too.

That irrigation system is pretty fancy Doc! I'd not benefit from it because the usual cause of squash expiration here is late season powdery mildew. I'ts pretty unavoidable down south. I'm sick of squash at that point. We play practical jokes down here by leaving them in friends' mailboxes (and often finding them back in ours the next day). Time to think about the fall garden at that point. :)
L