Cucurbita pepo
HEIRLOOM. Bright golden color and a delicious, distinctive zucchini flavor.
Heirloom zucchini blazes with bright-golden color and a delicious flavor. Fruits are medium-long, slender, and cylindrical in shape. Garden Hint: Fruits are best-tasting when 6–8″ long. Cultivate or mulch to control weeds. Fertilize once fruits form to increase yield. 54 Days
- Harvest when fruits are small and the skin is shiny. Harvest often. To keep summer squash producing pick all fruit at this stage. If fruit is allowed to mature the plant may stop producing.
- To pick summer squash give the fruit a gentle twist until it snaps off.
- Store summer squash in plastic bags in the refrigerator for up to a week.
- Male squash blossoms are also delicious and sweet, try dipping in batter and frying.