Direct sown mid June this year. I would have wanted to direct sow them a few weeks earlier (had lots of work establishing the field as described here). They’re growing better than last year (where I planted from starts), but I can already tell that it might not be enough.
Most of the plants that survived germination are struggling. This part of the field was water-logged for a week or so - a big part of that was my own mistake, as I configured the irrigation computer in the wrong way. You can see the corn growing taller at the edge of the bed, where water could drain of more easily. Something similar happened to these zucchetta. The poor growth is probably caused by this in large part.
Some are getting by better but most probably still too small to make mature fruit
I noted this picture down as being from the zucchetta patch, but am starting to doubt myself because it is so much bigger. Maybe it was from the other moschata patch? Looks like a maxima. I’ll have to go check next time. Otherwise looks promising.
