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Fordhook Summer Squash (57 Days)

Fordhook Summer Squash (57 Days)

Original price was: $6.40.Current price is: $4.39.

SKU: UFNH847766057 Category:

Description

The Fordhook Summer Squash is a smooth, cylindrical, deep green almost black zucchini with flavorful ivory flesh. Generous crops are produced from the bushy plants. Harvest at 5-8 for the most tender crop.

20 seeds

PLANTING

Cucurbita pepo

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 Fordhook 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.

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