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'Partenon' Squash - Summer |
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Zucchini
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Hybrid green zucchini with 4- to 7-inch fruit. Plants set fruit without pollination, so you can get an early crop under row covers and even leave the covers on for beetle control without hurting yields.
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55
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.8 Stars)
Taste: (4.8 Stars)
Yield: (4.8 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 4
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 12/15/2010 by
bing80537
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Larimer, Colorado, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 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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| Had leafspot and aphids on lower leaves in 2010 and 2011 but vines still produced large crop of tasty fruit all summer long. I recommend removing any leaves that lay on ground and seem to attract aphids. I switched to Raven zucchini (a spineless variety) in 2012 and 2013 and have not had problems with aphids or leafspot. Raven is just as productive but seems to have more pest resistance. |
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Reviewed on 09/12/2006 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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| I brought Partenon seed to my daughter, who has a farm in NW Ireland (like coastal Oregon) because her summer squash suffered from inadequate pollination. This was a perfect choice. Prolific Production. Excellent nutty flavor. I got the (expensive) seeds from Thompson and Morgan and have recently purchased a lot more on www.valueseeds.com, which is the T & M overstock outlet: 5 seeds for 99 cents. T & M also has another parthenocarpic variety, Cavili. I'm going to plant both varieties as winter zucchini in coastal Los Angeles.
Follow up, May, 2008:
I grew Partenon this winter, one plant to a five-gallon patio container. Each plant has been reliably pumping out fine-flavored zucchini even before pollinating insects were available to fertilize our other non-parthenocarpic summer squash. |
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Reviewed on 01/27/2005 by
Steve7
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Iowa, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| In an unheated greenhouse in early spring Partenon started producing a week before other zucchini varieties (Revenue, or Black Beauty) and gave higher total yields than the others. The seed is expensive, but the first week of harvest made up for the cost of the seed. |
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Reviewed on 09/16/2004 by
George Morrison
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Westchester, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: Less than 6 hours per day
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| Vegetable gardeners who have problems with squash borers will be happy to know the variety developed in Germany called Partenon. This green zucchini bush type summer squash does not require insect pollination to set fruit. Therefore it can be covered with floating row cover to prevent the offending moth from laying its eggs on the plant. The fruits are virtually seedless with a nice texture and excellent flavor. Start the seeds indoors, one seed to a pot. Use a hot-kap or other "cloche" when transplanting. After the vine has emerged, use the row cover. The seed is rather expensive and there are only a few per packet. The fact that it doesn't set its own seed helps explain that. |
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