Growing Zucchini, also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash

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19 Sep 18 Bess (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Is it advisable to pinch out the growing tips to stop the plants from getting too big? Thanks!
20 Sep 18 Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
NO!!! The longer it grows the more zeeks you pick.
12 Oct 18 Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have plants that are 5-6' long and still bearing zeeks. i want to pull them out but a fellow at the men's shed keeps hand pollinating them and they keep producing fruit. They are 5.5 months old.

Is it advisable to pinch out the growing tips to stop the plants from getting too big? Thanks!

- Bess

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