water on zucchini leaves

Should you get zucchini leaves wet when watering? When my wife waters our vegetables, she always gets the leaves wet. Doesn’t it mold?

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#1 Comment By shelley On 04/28/2015 @ 10:29 pm

Use a soaker hose or other method to water zucchini plants below their leaves. Watering overhead manually or with a sprinkler can cause the zucchini plants to develop powdery mildew.

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