Darling, you have the same problem I have...and I figured out what it is. You have ZUCCHINI BEETLES!!! Yes, I'm sorry to say.
Check the undersides of the leaves, I bet you find little clusters of reddish-brown eggs. If you don't, consider yourself lucky. These guys are naaasty looking beetles.
I've tried Seven dust on them, and I'm going to see how well that works. (I even sprinkled it on the underside of the leaves on the eggs). I've also heard if you rub Garlic on the stems and leaves (I plan to make a garlic spray), they are repelled (little vampires?). I am going to try a combo of very hot pepper and garlic and add it to either oil or water and try spraying that on.
I'll let you know how it works.
arroyo wrote:I have zucchinis, eggplants and tomatoes, fairly densely planted in a raised bed garden. The zucchini's aren't on hills and I water by hose - sometimes in the evening - all of which I now know can encourage fungi/mildew. But its hot and dry here. The leaves are wilting off badly - yellowing and dying. (see pics) Now the fruit are also yellowing and wasting when small. (see pic) I thought it was a fungus but don't see it. No obvious pests. (I think I have fusarium wilt on my tomatoes too
I saw some recipes for baking soda spray so I made up some of that.
any advice gratefully appreciated.
BTW - I'm not finding instructions on how to load images to this forum. is there a way to upload images here that do not already have a url? I'm trying below and if that doesn't work, I've put my pics (3) on picasa at
https://picasaweb.google.com/SGCPenny/S ... ini31jul11 - if you can be bothered
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