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Zucchini is becoming more and more popular in Poland and is grown for direct consumption as well as for processing. Due to the big number of small farms in Poland production of minor crops, among them cucurbit vegetables, which include zucchini, have a great importance, as it allows achieving a relatively high income per hectare. The paper presents non-chemical, as well as chemical methods of zucchini protection against weeds. On large plantations non-chemical weed management is challenging and usually not sufficient. However the chemical means available in Poland in 2016 are limited to glyphosate, that can be only used before sowing and pendimethalin applied only in the inter – rows before sowing or transplanting of zucchini mulched with films (black polyethylene mulches and woven). The availability of herbicides registered for zucchini protection in other European Union member states is also limited but usually wider than in Poland.