{"id":349,"date":"2023-01-24T10:18:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T16:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trippyacres.wordpress.com\/?p=349"},"modified":"2023-02-26T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T15:46:11","slug":"summer-squash-yellow-zucchini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/24\/summer-squash-yellow-zucchini\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Squash &#8212; Yellow, Zucchini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Scientific Name<\/strong><\/td><td><em>Cucurbita pepo<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Growing Days<\/strong><\/td><td>50-60<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Varieties We Grow<\/strong><\/td><td>Black Beauty; Golden; Nimba; Yellow Pattypan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Growing Notes<\/strong><\/td><td>Zucchini has been a huge challenge for us the past couple of years&#8230;see &#8220;battle of the bugs&#8221; below \ud83d\ude41<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Battle of the Bugs<\/strong><\/td><td>Squash bugs, cucumber beetles, and squash vine borers have decimated our summer squash plants.  Even with multiple plantings, these bugs are relentless!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fun Fact<\/strong><\/td><td>Zucchini is actually a fruit.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Don&#8217;t Waste It!<\/strong><\/td><td>No need to peel zucchini; enjoy it raw, steamed, or lightly cooked.  Even the large zucchini are still great for eating or baking!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/img_3368.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-571\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Name Cucurbita pepo Growing Days 50-60 Varieties We Grow Black Beauty; Golden; Nimba; Yellow Pattypan Growing Notes Zucchini has been a huge challenge for us the past couple of years&#8230;see &#8220;battle of the bugs&#8221; below \ud83d\ude41 Battle of the Bugs Squash bugs, cucumber beetles, and squash vine borers have decimated our summer squash plants. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/24\/summer-squash-yellow-zucchini\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Summer Squash &#8212; Yellow, Zucchini<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-we-grow","no-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}