Zillions of zucchini

Ok maybe an exaggeration, but you get the jist.  In my area zucchini is one of the easiest veggies to grow.  You plant the seeds, water and in a month you start picking a zucchini a day pretty much.  
Last year??? I learned a trick from one of the amazing Permies people ( sorry I don't remember who). I learned about pruning zucchini.  Ideally you put a stake next to the zucchini . As it grows you remove all the leaves underneath the zucchini securing the stem, trunk? To the stake.  This makes finding the zucchini so much easier. It creates air flow, to decrease fungal problems.  And it opens up space to plant something else.
I'm not great at this. I tend to let it go for long times, and then come in and remove a bunch of leaves and secure it to the stake.  The last time I did it I discovered a section of the stem made contact with the soil and grew roots.  No knowing I pulled it out.  When I saw the roots I decided to plant it.  I didn't think it would survive, I literally yanked it out.  But what did I have to loose?  I removed most of the leaves and planted it.  Not only did it live, one month later it has 2 zucchini on it.
I accidentally learned a great hack. I used a piece of PVC pipe as my stake, because it was handy.  Each time I watered I would fill up the pipe since it was there.  It's not a very big pipe, I didn't think it would make a difference.  This is the healthiest most productive zucchini I have ever had.  I have several zucchini plants. All are doing well, all producing, but the two planted by the pipe totally out shines the rest.  Next year I'm going to get pipe to put next to every zucchini.  I think I may try it with tomatoes, and maybe pepper.

Just for the heck of it I measured one of the larger leaves. It is 18" across and 14" long.  This bloom is 8" tip to tip.  It's so amazing to me. Usually when you get giant foliage there's  to much nitrogen and you don't get any produce. That isn't the case here.  Besides trying to create good soil I have used compost tea twice, and used a combination of organic fish fertilizer, and an organic fertilizer that was like 0-4-3, or something like that. I used this combo maybe 4 or 5 times.  Mostly I think it's the hugel beet. It's seems to create a veggie heaven.  Makes me want to convert all my beds.

I love zucchini!  It's actually not something I've ever had much success with but finally this was my year  I had too many, and even that wasn't enough for me!  Great tip about the pipe.

Just a little update. That piece of zucchini that rooted that I ripped out, and replanted not only survived, but is producing very well.  It's amazing to me.  If you look at the pictures posted it's the one titled baby zucchini 7/29/23. This is the same plant a 50 days later.