Summer Squash recommendations

9 years ago

I'm tired of growing the same old yellow crookneck and straightneck early squash. I've never had much luck with zucchini down here, and don't really have room for it. I'm probably going to be getting a community garden plot this year, so I'd like recommendations for summer squash hybrids or heirlooms that do well. I love yellow squash and scalloped pattypan types. I'd like to try growing a bush-type yellow squash in containers too.

Thanks!

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writersblock (9b/10a)
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I love zephyr, but I have to admit it's only moderately productive for me. So pretty and very tasty, though. You can eat it raw like an apple.
whgille
9 years ago
I love summer squash and use them a lot in recipes, cooked and raw in salads. I have the spiralizer too for making squash noodles. It is one crop in my garden that I cannot do without and I probably planted most varieties at one time or another, it is also a good value to grow, I just saw at Publix yesterday 3 organic zucchini for about $8...

Most varieties do well for me, but the best and most productive are the parthenocarpic, I grow at least one of these every season. I like them all but some grow really big like the Costata Romanesco and others. One that is very compact is Cupcake, Golden Egg. Butterstick, they can do well in a container.

A past harvest

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