Squash Dark Green Zucchini, also known as Cucurbita pepo, is a classic zucchini squash. This warm-weather bushy plant reaches 12-18" tall and wide in the garden, producing many uniform, green fruits 6-12" long. This plant offers prolific fruit from spring through late summer, flourishing in full sun with mulch and moderate water. Squash is delicious grilled, braised, steamed, or sauteed and freezes well. This variety is sweet and well-suited to baked goods. Squash Dark Green Zucchini is a low-maintenance addition to the vegetable garden, a good source of antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins C and E, and a tasty treat in the kitchen.
Squash Dark Green Zucchini Selling Tips
Sell Squash Dark Green Zucchini to customers looking for squash for the vegetable garden or to first-time gardeners looking for low-maintenance culinary plants. Squash offers high yields of versatile fruits from spring to late summer. This cultivar resists disease and matures quickly with bushy vines for easy picking. Grow squash with borage to attract pollinators and with radish, nasturtium, catnip, and marigold to repel pests, especially squash bugs. Squash is excellent sauteed, steamed, stir-fried, and in baked goods. Eat it fresh or preserve fruits in the freezer. Blanch sliced squash three minutes or grated squash one minute; allow blanched vegetables to cool before bagging and freezing them. Squash can also be dried in a dehydrator for 6-12 hours and stored in an airtight container.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 24" apart in rows 4' apart in well-drained soil in full sun.
2. Mulch plants with straw or grass to retain moisture.
3. Pick the first fruit on each plant when it's small and keep up with picking to encourage high yields.
4. Watch out for squash bugs. Look for small red eggs stuck to the underside of squash or cucumber leaves in the garden. Prevent an infestation by removing these eggs into a jar of soapy water and continuing to scout daily during summer. If you notice young or adult squash bugs in the garden, put them into soapy water or crush them.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
For best results with Squash Dark Green Zucchini, plant one seedling per 4-inch container or 1801 cell. Use well-drained soil with a pH of 5.8-6.8, average daily temperatures of 70-85, and light feed (100-125 ppm N). Don't pinch or use PGRs. This plant is disease-resistant but powdery and downy mildew can develop on wet foliage. Watch for cucumber beetles, squash bugs, and vine borers.
Flowering
This plant is grown for culinary use.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight to the soil level of each plant.
Height Control
We don't recommend using chemical growth regulators on vegetable plants.
Pests
You may see cucumber beetles, squash bugs, and vine borers. If you have larger plants, scout for and remove squash bug eggs which appear as tiny red dots on the underside of leaves. Vine borers should be cut out and the damaged foliage covered with soil.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease. Powdery mildew and downy mildew can develop if the foliage gets wet. Prevent this in the greenhouse by watering at the base of each plant. Don't allow the soil to dry out completely, but do allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings. Grow this plant in full sun and provide good airflow in your greenhouse. Coach your customers to water at the base of their plants in the vegetable garden rather than spraying the foliage.
Planting Squash Dark Green Zucchini Liners
We recommend planting one seedling per 1801 cell or 4-inch container. Use well-drained soil and center the seedling in the final container. Cell packs finish in two to three weeks.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Squash Dark Green Zucchini Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
4-5 Weeks
Habit
Mounding, Vining
Height
12-18 inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
55
Water Needs
Moderate
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Squash Dark Green Zucchini, also known as Cucurbita pepo, is a classic zucchini squash. This warm-weather bushy plant reaches 12-18" tall and wide in the garden, producing many uniform, green fruits 6-12" long. This plant offers prolific fruit from spring through late summer, flourishing in full sun with mulch and moderate water. Squash is delicious grilled, braised, steamed, or sauteed and freezes well. This variety is sweet and well-suited to baked goods. Squash Dark Green Zucchini is a low-maintenance addition to the vegetable garden, a good source of antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins C and E, and a tasty treat in the kitchen.
Squash Dark Green Zucchini Selling Tips
Sell Squash Dark Green Zucchini to customers looking for squash for the vegetable garden or to first-time gardeners looking for low-maintenance culinary plants. Squash offers high yields of versatile fruits from spring to late summer. This cultivar resists disease and matures quickly with bushy vines for easy picking. Grow squash with borage to attract pollinators and with radish, nasturtium, catnip, and marigold to repel pests, especially squash bugs. Squash is excellent sauteed, steamed, stir-fried, and in baked goods. Eat it fresh or preserve fruits in the freezer. Blanch sliced squash three minutes or grated squash one minute; allow blanched vegetables to cool before bagging and freezing them. Squash can also be dried in a dehydrator for 6-12 hours and stored in an airtight container.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 24" apart in rows 4' apart in well-drained soil in full sun.
2. Mulch plants with straw or grass to retain moisture.
3. Pick the first fruit on each plant when it's small and keep up with picking to encourage high yields.
4. Watch out for squash bugs. Look for small red eggs stuck to the underside of squash or cucumber leaves in the garden. Prevent an infestation by removing these eggs into a jar of soapy water and continuing to scout daily during summer. If you notice young or adult squash bugs in the garden, put them into soapy water or crush them.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
For best results with Squash Dark Green Zucchini, plant one seedling per 4-inch container or 1801 cell. Use well-drained soil with a pH of 5.8-6.8, average daily temperatures of 70-85, and light feed (100-125 ppm N). Don't pinch or use PGRs. This plant is disease-resistant but powdery and downy mildew can develop on wet foliage. Watch for cucumber beetles, squash bugs, and vine borers.
Flowering
This plant is grown for culinary use.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight to the soil level of each plant.
Height Control
We don't recommend using chemical growth regulators on vegetable plants.
Pests
You may see cucumber beetles, squash bugs, and vine borers. If you have larger plants, scout for and remove squash bug eggs which appear as tiny red dots on the underside of leaves. Vine borers should be cut out and the damaged foliage covered with soil.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease. Powdery mildew and downy mildew can develop if the foliage gets wet. Prevent this in the greenhouse by watering at the base of each plant. Don't allow the soil to dry out completely, but do allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings. Grow this plant in full sun and provide good airflow in your greenhouse. Coach your customers to water at the base of their plants in the vegetable garden rather than spraying the foliage.
Planting Squash Dark Green Zucchini Liners
We recommend planting one seedling per 1801 cell or 4-inch container. Use well-drained soil and center the seedling in the final container. Cell packs finish in two to three weeks.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Squash Dark Green Zucchini Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
4-5 Weeks
Habit
Mounding, Vining
Height
12-18 inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
55
Water Needs
Moderate
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