It is a pretty standard size zuke. I would guess a minimum of 4ft square by 3 ft high. It is a parthenocarpic cultivar which does not need insects for pollination. Have you considered floating row covers or a hoop tunnel? Lot less work.

Thanks farmer D, that's about the size i was thinking of. i'm counting on that zuc to set fruit without pollinators!

i did think about a hoop tunnel and/or floating row covers but don't have much experience with them. Well, no experience is pretty much the truth. looks like my peppers are going to need some protection too so i'm willing to branch out.

i need something that will stand up to big wind and will be easy to get in and out of. i used some bird netting over PVC hoops in another bed and it was just trouble every time i needed to get underneath it. also just too short around the edges so maybe i should have used longer lengths of PVC.

what do you make hoop tunnels out of? How do you use floating row cover for zucchini? (i kind of thought it was mostly for lettuce)

I have been using tomato cages (opened up and hooped over the 3.5 foot bed) as support with the row cover thrown over the cages and weighted down with bricks around the edges of my beds. This is very handy to me. You just move the fabric from one side off, you can reach your hands easily into the caging to pick and weed and then put the fabric back.

This works well for insect protection, shade for seedlings, and winter protection for lettuces, etc.

what's the height on that donna?