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Number of Reviews: 12
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 04/16/2012 by
THISISME
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Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I grew this for the first time last year. This plant can take full Arizona sun through the summer. No problem there and it was fairly pest free too. It loves to clime and will make good use of a trellis and produces fairly well. I would like to say I ate a bunch of them and loved it. However I never got to eat any of them. I thought I would let most if not all of them mature to the winter squash stage. However I completely failed. I just was never sure when they were ripe and they all got hard like a gourd on the vine. |
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Reviewed on 11/05/2011 by
ElyseG
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Lane, Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I, too, love this squash. I don\'t care for it mature (i.e. winter), but as a summer squash it\'s great. I love it for drying, because you can let it get large, which gives you good size \"chips\". And it is so cool to look at!! |
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Reviewed on 12/15/2010 by
genuinefauxfarm
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Bremer, Iowa, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| We grow for a CSA and market. Rather than duplicate much of what goes below, I will try to give some information from that perspective. SUMMER SQUASH: The fruit tend to get 'soft' if you pick them too small (probably less than 1 foot) and people at the market table will tend to reject them. You need to pick them often if you want to sell them at a reasonable size because they can grow very quickly. If you plan on growing for summer squash harvest, you should trellis them (as mentioned below). We were also able (in Iowa) to do a late planting (July 10) and get a new flush of fruit at the end of the normal summer growing season. But, frankly, it makes more sense to just give them the full season, there is less need for succession plantings with these squash. These can be difficult to take to market as they stack poorly and can be injured easily when smaller. WINTER SQUASH: if you plan on just waiting for the winter squash, don't bother trellising. Trellising is probably more for the humans doing frequent picking than for the plants. For more fruit, consider interplanting a flower such as borage or zinnia to attract polinators. |
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Reviewed on 05/17/2010 by
Jay Tracy
- A novice gardener
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Pima, Arizona, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I know that I have already rated this variety, but this is my second year of growing this cultivar and it does not cease to amaze me. I found that the reason why this variety repels squash vine borers is due to the small cilia, or small hairy stuff, that covers the vines and the undersides of the leaves. This variety only grows as fast as it is watered/taken care of, it does not over-extend itself, it is highly desease resistant and it can take the Arizona heat. To top it off, it is delicious as a winter and summer squash. This variety is a winner in the Southwest! |
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Reviewed on 12/11/2009 by
Jay Tracy
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Pima, Arizona, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I planted this variety in Aug/Sept and had winter squash by Oct/Nov. The winter squash size is quite impressive and delicious. People didn't believe the size of it until they saw it. In addition the summer squash is very tender and exhibits a smooth texture. If you want a squash that will impress, has good disease tolerance and can be used as both a summer and winter squash this is the one for you! |
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Reviewed on 09/30/2009 by
beckspenc
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Alameda, California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| This squash is fantastic! I especially love the mature winter squash variety. |
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Reviewed on 07/11/2009 by
containergardener
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Los Angeles, California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| We grow this zucchetta squash under the name "Tromba d'Albegna." It seems to be the same as "tromboncino rampicante," listed here. In Italy, there are three types of squash: zucchini and close relatives (truly summer squash); zucchetta (can be either summer or winter squash, depending on the amount of time it spends on the vine) and zucca (what we call winter squash). The root word is zucca. Zucchini means "tiny zuccas" while zucchetta significes "rather small zucca." In the British Isles, zucchetta is called marrow or vegetable marrow. The beauty of zucchetta is that you can eat it young as you would zucchini, or you can leave it on the vine, where this variety grows to large size and turns beige. When it is entirely beige (no white stripes), it is ready to be harvested as winter squash. It is very good winter squash, similar to butternut, but tastier. We slice it and bake it with butter, cinnamon and nutmeg. It lasts all winter stored at room temperature. The longer it is stored, the better it gets. It is highly decorative and looks fine on a spinet piano top or as a table decoration. One plant will suffice for a family of ten. Give it plenty of room. It seems resistant to every disease and pest. A few leaves get powdery mildew, but it doesn't seem to phase the vigorous plant.
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Reviewed on 06/15/2009 by
Calchick
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San Diego, California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| we always had trouble growing zucchini type squash because of powdery mildew here in S. California. We tried this and it tastes very similar and mild and grows up a trellis. No problem with the p. mildew! I make cakes, pancakes (like potato) and grill them. this variety is great. we grow every year |
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Reviewed on 02/07/2009 by
OhioMG
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Huron, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| My All-Time Favorite Zucchini and the one that got my "I don't like zucchini" husband to change his mind for good. It grills up lovely, sautes like a dream, and even stood up decently to being frozen, though that application is best for stews rather than plain. We had such superior production -- one planting fed us from mid-late July through to frost -- that we not only made bread from it (which it did wonderfully and with less liquid than other zukes), we also shredded it to make Zucchini Pancakes (like potato pancakes). Oh, wow, were they ever good! We also froze some raw shredded to use in pancakes or breads, and it worked like fresh. Can't go wrong with this variety!!
It is best trellised, however. We grow it up cattle fencing in raised beds. |
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Reviewed on 12/27/2008 by
greenbrain
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Madison, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Ditto on the other reviews. Very productive. Resists insect attack. Use green as zukes or ripen into very long narrow butternuts. I grow on wire fence trellis. Grown last 2 years. Very tasty green or ripe. OP, so you can save the seeds. My favorite! |
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Reviewed on 01/22/2008 by
ant
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Logan, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I grew this squash in 2007. What a hoot! It is a very aggressive grower. It produced lots of squash. It was my only squash to survive the onslaught of squash bugs. Later in the season I had one end of the 20 ft. vines covered with squash bugs and the other end didn't even notice. I only grew one and it was too many squash. I finally quit picking to let some go to seed. They got huge - some longer than 3 feet. I let them ripen and saved the seeds and cooked the flesh for use in pies. I thought they made great pies too. |
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Reviewed on 11/07/2007 by
jan perry
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Orange, California, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| This is the most delightful squash to grow - no pests, great production far into Nov. here in CA. Will follow recommendation to trellis as mine was on a wire fence and they often grew into fence preventing picking in whole. We even used the extra lengthy ones decorated for a Halloween and/or Fall porch decoration. |
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