MARROWS & ZUCCHINI (Summer Squash)
VEGETABLE SEEDS(Cucurbita pepo melopepo unless noted otherwise). Sow 2 or 3 seeds 2 or 3 cm deep, every metre thinning to strongest after germination. Sow directly where to mature to avoid serious setbacks. Pick every few days to avoid oversized fruit (for zucchini/button squash) Sow October to January (cold), September to January (warm) and July to March in tropics. 7-12 s/g
BUTTON SQUASH:
1611: Gold Buttons Hybrid
High quality button squash capable of tremendous yields. Fruit gold, often with a green end spot. Tasty and popular.
1607: Round Robin
Prolific open pollinated variety with spherical fruit best picked at 10-12 cm across. Tasty.
2064: Squash/Zucchini Collection
Six seeds each (separately labelled), of five Summer Squash and Zucchini. Varieties are Blackjack, Gold buttons, Round Robin, Goldfinger and Lebanese.
ZUCCHINI:
1600: Black Beauty Hyb. (new!)
Dark green glossy fruit on compact plants. Heavy crops. Expect the first fruit in around 50 days.
1603: Blackjack Hybrid
The most prolific and popular cultivar with uniform dark green fruit. Best picked at 20 cm.
1610: Costata Romanesco
This distinctive Italian variety has speckled fruit with prominent pale ribs. Renowned for its flavour. Packets Only.
1613: Goldfinger Hybrid
A golden zucchini that is productive and attractive. Expect fruit 6 weeks after germination. Pick at 16 cm.
1602: Lebanese Hybrid
A very heavy yielding type with a sweet nutty flavour. Popular for its very early maturity and its light greenish/grey fruit. Pick at 10 cm.
OTHERS:
1612: Gem Squash
Small round tennis ball size fruit that can be eaten young , or allowed to become fully ripe. Fruit green turning yellow on maturity. A South African favourite. Can be picked around 55 days immature or 80 days for mature fruit. Packets only.
1608: Vegetable Spaghetti
The Marrow like fruit produces long spaghetti like strands when cut which makes an excellent low calorie spaghetti substitute. Packets only.
