Astia Container Zucchini

Elliot · July 1, 2012

I struck paydirt with this new plant I am trying for the first time. Is called Astia Container Zuccini. I placed the seeds in the pot maybe the last week in may and not only are they flowering but they already have mini zucchinis on them!!!! This is amazing and I highly recommend trying itl
The plants are also compact and beautiful and can pass for a nice show plant. I bought my seeds from Reneesgardencom

habitat_gardener · July 1, 2012

I'm starting to get small zucchinis on the one I started in a 4-ich pot on May 20 and planted out on June 7. I was noticing yesterday that the young leaves are beautiful, but didn't have my camera with me.

Elliot · July 1, 2012

they are beautiful plants. The package says that the plants can be used as ornamental plants as well.

meadowyck · July 2, 2012

so were are the pictures, I has to have pictures.... see I have no garden yet! so I live through the garden pictures of others.

habitat_gardener · July 3, 2012

Here you go. The first one is a beautiful young leaf. You can see one small fruit behind the leaf, to the left. The second one is the whole plant in the ground.

meadowyck · July 3, 2012

much better, thanks......

janezee · July 7, 2012

That really is pretty!

j

noinwi · July 8, 2012

I love the silver mottled leaves! The only zukes I have grown with mottled leaves were from some bulk seed from a nursery from several years ago so I don't know what variety they were. I keep trying different ones each year trying to find that type, but no luck yet. I wish more seed packs would show the leaves in the picture, but I guess that's not what everyone is after, lol. I'll have to look into this Astia. Thanks for posting this.

kath · July 8, 2012

Very pretty plant, Elliot- hope you let us know how the fruits taste and how the plant holds up against CMV, squash bugs, borers, etc. I like Raven F1 because it's the most compact zucchini I've found and I'm happy with the color, taste and production. Astia sounds as though it could be a rival. Raven holds up as long or longer than the others I've tried and I sow in succession so I can yank out the older plant as soon as the younger is producing.

Thanks for sharing your find.

July 1, 2012	#1
Elliot Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hicksville, New York Posts: 503	Astia Container Zucchini I struck paydirt with this new plant I am trying for the first time. Is called Astia Container Zuccini. I placed the seeds in the pot maybe the last week in may and not only are they flowering but they already have mini zucchinis on them!!!! This is amazing and I highly recommend trying itl The plants are also compact and beautiful and can pass for a nice show plant. I bought my seeds from Reneesgardencom

July 2, 2012	#4
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	so were are the pictures, I has to have pictures.... see I have no garden yet! so I live through the garden pictures of others. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 3, 2012	#6
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	much better, thanks...... __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 1, 2012	#2
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	I'm starting to get small zucchinis on the one I started in a 4-ich pot on May 20 and planted out on June 7. I was noticing yesterday that the young leaves are beautiful, but didn't have my camera with me.

July 7, 2012	#7
janezee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5 Posts: 931	That really is pretty! j

July 8, 2012	#8
noinwi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: PNW Posts: 486	I love the silver mottled leaves! The only zukes I have grown with mottled leaves were from some bulk seed from a nursery from several years ago so I don't know what variety they were. I keep trying different ones each year trying to find that type, but no luck yet. I wish more seed packs would show the leaves in the picture, but I guess that's not what everyone is after, lol. I'll have to look into this Astia. Thanks for posting this.

July 8, 2012	#9
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Very pretty plant, Elliot- hope you let us know how the fruits taste and how the plant holds up against CMV, squash bugs, borers, etc. I like Raven F1 because it's the most compact zucchini I've found and I'm happy with the color, taste and production. Astia sounds as though it could be a rival. Raven holds up as long or longer than the others I've tried and I sow in succession so I can yank out the older plant as soon as the younger is producing. Thanks for sharing your find.