Another Attempt
Well today I found a number of very healthy looking Blackjack Zucchini seedlings. My head said walk away you know that is your nemesis plant. However, my heart said you can grow these. So I now have another lot of Blackjack Zucchini to try my hand at. I have decided that I will be potting them in some temporary pots tomorrow.
The temporary pots are recycled pots for larger plants in the garden. This will give the plants something to grow in and prevent getting root bound in the current seedling tray. It will also the easy transportation of the plants to Wollongong next week. Once in the Gong I will be performing another recycling tub conversion to a planter.
In order to make a few changes to this attempt I have bought a bag of Debco Organic potting mix. The reason for going with this alternative planting medium is that I wish to eliminate the RichGro Pro Mix from being a potential contributor to my previous disastrous attempts to grow this plant. This medium is coarser and does not contain the soil wetting agents or slow release fertiliser that the Rich Gro does, however given that I will have an abundance of worm juice and vermi compost that should not be a problem.
Why will I have an abundance of the worm produce? I will be deploying a second worm farm in Wollongong. In fact I am seriously considering going larger and marketing the worm juice and compost. That does need a considerable amount more investigation. However, a second farm is a certainty. The construction of that farm is yet to be decided. I am considering the Cheap Worm Farm Construction idea, but that is largely dependent on the above plans.
From this article there are two things that are certain:
- All attempts will be made to grow these plants successfully, I am sick of having a nemesis, especially one that I enjoy.
- I am yet again in need of more worms.
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January 21st, 2008 at 12:50 am
Very informative blog you’ve got here!
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January 21st, 2008 at 9:29 pm
What is it about blackjack zucchini’s that you really want to grow them? Curious minds and all that. I’ve just picked my first one. Are they nicer than other zucchini’s? I don’t think my blackjack plants are fruiting as prolifically as the other variety (of which I can’t remember it’s name).
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January 21st, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Initially I just wanted zucchinis and the Blackjack was the variety I picked after reading it is supposed to be a prolific fruiter and easy to grow. I am happy with the Lebanese Zucchini as an eating fruit now. However, I want to grow the Blackjack simply to say I can if for no other reason. Like I said it is my nemesis plant, my kryptonite if you will.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:04 am
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February 13th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Best wishes on the Blackjack Zucchini. If I hear of any worms available I’ll send them your way.
February 19th, 2008 at 8:42 am
[…] Well I thought it is time to give you all an update on how the latest BlackJack Zucchini’s are progressing. As many of you would recall this plant is my nemesis and I at one stage swore not to grow any more. Needless to say I buckled and bought some hardy looking seedlings on 20th January and decided upon Another Attempt. […]