Summer Squash Golden Scallopini

$4.78

Format: 3" pot

A 400-year-old native American heirloom squash, depicted by Europeans back to 1591. Smooth, disc-shaped 12 cm (5″) squash with scalloped edges and white-speckled green rinds. Creamy texture and nutty flavour when not overcooked. Harvest fruits when 10-13 cm (4-5″) across, or use at the immature stage for mini vegetable or at any point thereafter. Bush-type plants grow to 45-60 cm (18-24″) in height.

recommend not planting outside until after May 20

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This Seedling is Available Starting: 15/05/2024
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Description

Botanical name
Cucurbita pepo

Family
Cucurbitaceae

Requirements
Full sun, hot hot weather and warm, deep, rich, well-drained, organic soil with a pH of 5.5 to 6.5.

Pests
Squash is susceptible to many pests and diseases, but problems with this plant are mostly caused by cultural practices that stress the plants. Make sure you keep the garden clean and tidy, water consistently and avoid directly spraying water on to the leaves. When plants get off to a good start, few pests will bother them. Protect young plants with floating row covers that are removed when flowering starts. Cucumber beetles are our biggest problem, along with powdery mildew. Several home-sprays are effective against powdery mildew. Spray either of the following at 7-10 day intervals: 1 tsp baking soda and 1 quart of water with a squirt of dish soap; or 1 part milk to 9 parts of water.

Growing
Squash are heavy feeders and benefit from extra nutrition from periodic compost / fertilizer applications. Use plastic mulch to keep up soil moisture and temperature, and insect netting to keep cucumber beetles away until plants start flowering. Then take the netting off to allow bees to pollinate your fruit. Fruit that is not fully pollinated will be small and shrivelled and should be removed from the plant. Will keep producing until weather cools down.

Harvest
50 days

Season
Warm. annual

Links
Roasted Patty Pan Squash and Herbed Chickpeas
Stuffed Patty Pan Squash