Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid
Days to harvest: 45

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 3 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Flowers
Eating Methods: Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Other Beneficial Insects
Resistances: Powdery Mildew
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Summer Squash

Photo Gallery
Location: South Alabama
Date: 2020-05-26
First pickin's off of the three young plants...look a lot like re
Location: South Alabama
Date: 2020-05-25
A closer look at some blooms and squash...
Location: South Alabama
Date: 2020-05-25
Good, healthy-looking young plants making lots of squash and bloo

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