Plants were tossed by strong winds at the end of the week. Growers harvested damaged fruit after the storm to enable the plant to produce more. Picking of zucchini and yellow types remained active prior to the storm with good quality, sizes, and color available. Strong winds and flooding increased bloom drop, caused stems to break, burned foliage, and tossed vines with a significant volume reduction expected. Crop condition is rated fair to good.
Planting is steady.
Transplanting remained active with some delays due to the threat of Hurricane Irene. However, the storm by passed the growing area. The crop is in fair to good condition. Harvesting is slowly increasing. Fruit quality is fair to good.