It really was too small to bother with this morning. It will really be too big tomorrow night. It’s pretty Goldilocksed right now.
What the plant really wants is to vine all over the ground, shedding yellowing leaves behind as new ones grow green in front while creating a thousand vegetable baguettes (aka baseball bats) in their wake.
But it’s confined to a pot to keep it up and out of rabbit reach.
I may have to rethink that after I pick it. As long as I get that one zucchini free and clear of critter bites, I can take the gardening win and let the plant do its thing from there so that it doesn’t stop and think it’s done.