Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

HI GROUP,

WELL, WE ARE REAPING BEAUTIFUL CUCUMBERS AND OUR TOMATOES ARE BEGINNING TO FLOWER;  THOUGH I HAVE REPRODUCED THE FERTILIZER FEEDING SCHEDULE, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN TO CEASE FERTILIZING EACH SPECIFIC CROP.  

THE BLACK BEAUTY ZUCCHINI HAS LOTS OF FLOWERS AND A FEW TINY FRUIT COMING OUT, BUT I HAVE YET TO FIND A COMPLETE ZUCCHINI.

SO, A BASIC QUESTION, THO FOLLOWING THE GUIDE FROM THE MITTLEIDER COURSE GUIDE, IS THERE A POINT TO STOP FEEDING EACH CROP?  LIKE IF THE VERTICAL PLANTS ARE BEARING FRUIT, IS THIS THE TIME TO STOP FERTILIZING THAT CROP?

THANKS SO MUCH, SOME PLANTS ARE INSIDE GREENHOUSE, AND SOME ARE IN OUTSIDE BED.  JUST NEED SOME FEEDBACK ON THE FERILIZER;  I WILL SOON BE SETTING SEEDS FOR A SECOND CROP....

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

BARBARA

Barbara Group:

Early in the season you may need to help your zucchini to pollinate.  To do this just take a male flower (bare stem), strip off the flowers, go to a female flower (tiny fruit forming behind the blossom), touch the male Stamen to the female Pistil, and pollination takes place.  Both flowers must be open, and it should be done early in the morning.  If the petals of either blossom are wilting you are too late.

Jim Kennard