Beginner Gardening: Why are my zucchini shrivelling and falling off?, 0 by patterntracy

patterntracy wrote:
I had this problem last year as well. This year I planted in a different part of the bed, added a lot of compost, and crossed my fingers, because I didn't know what else to do. If you look carefully at the picture, you can see I've got 2 happy and healthy zukes, 1 that started out OK before it started turning yellow and rotten, and 1 tiny little one that almost immediately had problems (it's right beside the other sick one, the end is just visible between 2 stalks of the plant. Sorry, I can't add any handy arrows with my home computer.) It's not a huge deal, because I'll probably still get more zucchini than we can eat, but I'd really like to be able to make my plants healthier. Help! Anyone know what's going on?