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Summer squash

Summer squashes, such as zucchini, globe squash, pattypan, and yellow crookneck squash, are quick-growing, small-fruited, non-trailing or bush varieties of Cucurbita pepo. Plants are upright and spreading, 45 to 75 cm (18 to 30 inches) high, and produce a great diversity of fruit forms, from flattened through oblong to elongate and crooked fruits, colored from white through cream to yellow, green, and variegated. Fruit surfaces or contours may be scalloped, smooth, ridged, or warty. The fruits develop very rapidly and must be harvested a few days after they form (before the seeds and rinds harden) and used soon after harvest. The rind is generally considered edible. Description from britannica.com

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Summer squash fast facts

Scientific Name

Cucurbita pepo

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Garden Type

Container Appropriate, Edible Garden, Anywhere

Wildlife

Bees

Native Plant Region

North America

Light needs

Full Sun

Water Needs

Medium

Plant Type

Annual

Bloom Color(s)

Yellow

Height

2 – 5 feet

Width

2 – 5 feet

Months in Bloom

July, August

Safe Beneath Power Lines?

Yes
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