Take a Look at My Holes (in my Zucchini Fruits) . . .What is it?

Question

I live on Oahu and I've got a container garden going. Things are going relatively well for someone who has never planted anything before.

I have grown three zucchinis and they have all suffered the same fate. They get tiny holes in them, turn yellow around the holes and then begin to get mushy. It's at this point that I grumble, remove the stricken fruit and hope the bees pollinate another blossom.

I'm using a 6 gallon container with organic potting mix with steer manure compost applied about every three weeks and organic fertilizer about every 2 weeks. I water everyday with a lawn sprinkler for about 20 minutes about an hour before the sun comes up. The pot is in a place where it receives 6 hours of sun a day and the temperatures average 85 in the day and 77 at night.

Take a look at my fruits and tell me what is getting them before I do and what do I do to eliminate my enemy.

Thanks for the help.

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Answer 1

I starred this last night because photo bucket wasn't working but as the previous person said is Cucumber scab, link below.  I wouldn't even know that if he hadn't answered this question.  Thank you very much for sharing.  I found it it is a  fungus called Gummosis! Fitting huh? Looks like we need to change cultivars to something other than the ones we are using and treat with the fungicide they reccommend. Look at th links below. Hoped I helped a little.    

Answer 2

This is alled "squash scab"..read under diseases here to control it...

http://www.uga.edu/vegetable/squash.html

There is also a picture of a yellow squash here whith the same disease that yuou have on your zucchini

http://www.uga.edu/vegetable/squash.html

Answer 3

It could also be that they arn't being pollinated succesfully, rather than rely on the bees its better to do it yourself. This had cured my problem which was very similar to yours.

So a little male to female touchy - feely required...lol

Answer 4

This is all I get with link

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Fusarium rot is one of the more common preharvest and postharvest diseases of cucurbit fruits.

Symptoms

Symptoms of Fusarium fruit rot vary depending on the Fusarium species and the host. However, there are striking similarities in symptomatology among the Fusarium rots. F. graminum, F. acuminatum, F. culmorum, and F. moniliforme produce a distinct reddish or purplish pigmentation in the diseased area (Fig. 1). F. semitectum, F. equiseti, F. scirpi, and F. solani produce brown internal lesions; **a cross section of a mature lesion reveals a dry, brown, spongy rot **with a white halo (Fig. 2). There can be considerable variation in symptomatology depending on the stage of lesion development.

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