The Zucchetta Tromboncino Summer Squash is an Italian Heirloom. This tasty zucchini grows like squash and will need a lot of room for its 15 runners. Light yellow-green fruit is slender with a bulbous end and should be harvested at about 10. Leaving it on the vine can produce variously twisted squash specimens 3 long and 6 wide and can be used as winter squash. A firmer zucchini than were used to; the flavor is mild and delicious. Can be grown up a very strong trellis. Tolerates squash vine borer.

20 seeds

PLANTING

Cucurbitamoschata

Germination:4-10 days

Germination Temperature:Optimum soil temperatures 70-85F

Seed Sowing Depth:1/2-1″ deep

Sowing Indoors:3-4 weeks before the last frost.Provide70-85Fsoil temperature.Sow 2-3 seeds per cell/pot.Sowing into individual biodegradable peat/cow pots reduces rootdamage when transplanting. Transplant 36-48″ apart after the last frost.

Sowing Outdoors:Sow after the last frostwhen the soil temperature is over70F.Sow a few seeds every 36-48″.

Harvest:Check and harvest a few times a week. Cut or kindly twist off fruit, starting at a 3-4.

Tips:Plant Zucchetta Tromboncino Summer Squash in fertile soil, amended with compost or well-rotted manure, and keep well watered. They benefit from growing on black plastic and by using row covers for weed, insect control, and more rapid growth.