SQUASH ZUCCHINI
Description
Dark Green Zucchini Squash Seeds (Bush Type) 2245 Heirloom Vegetable. This compact, bushy variety will produce enough delicious, dark green fruits to feed the nation! Harvest fruit for best quality when 25-30 cm (10-12″) long. This is the zucchini to have when you are pressed for space! Very easy to grow in half whisky-barrel sized containers.
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 from late May to mid 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
7
LIGHT
Full Sun
GROWTH HABIT
Bushy
HEIGHT
Medium Tall (50 to 100 cm)(20" to 39")
FROST TOLERANCE
Killed by Frost
DAYS TO HARVEST
50
DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
Easy
HERITAGE
Heirloom
FAMILY NAME
Cucurbitaceae
LATIN
Cucurbita pepo