SQUASH EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOP - SEED

SQUASH WHITE BUSH SCALLOP

Description
Early White Scallop Squash Seeds 2205 Heritage Vegetable. A four hundred year old ‘White Pattypan’ variety. Smooth, disc-shaped 12 cm (5″) squash with scalloped edges & white-speckled green rinds. Creamy texture and nutty flavour when not over cooked. Bush-type habit.

How to Grow
10-12 seed/gram Squash are a hot weather crop. They need full sun and deep, rich, well drained, organic soil with a pH of 5.5 to 6.5. Before planting, work in lots of compost. Directly plant seed outdoors in late May to June 2.5 cm (1″) deep in hills 2.4 m (8′) apart with 4-6 seeds per hill. After germination, thin to 3 plants per hill. Seed can be started indoors 3 weeks before the plant out date. Squash do not transplant well–use paper or fibre pots that can be set directly in the soil. Protect mature squash from frost and cold temperatures.

BLOOMING SEASON BEGINS
High Summer

LIFECYCLE
Annual

PROPAGATION
Start Indoors or Sow Direct Late Spring

DAYS TO EMERGENCE
5 1o 10

LIGHT
Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT
Vining

HEIGHT
Low to Medium (15 to 30 cm)(6" to 12")

FROST TOLERANCE
Killed by Frost

DAYS TO HARVEST
49

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
Easy

HERITAGE
Heirloom

FAMILY NAME
Cucurbitaceae