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'Nimba' Squash - Summer
 
Sub-Category: Zucchini
 
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Description: Early Polish zucchini. Compact, cold-tolerant, bushy plants bear fruit that are light green when young and develop dark-green stripes with age.
Days To Maturity: 50
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Reviewed on 08/23/2007 by kayt - A novice gardener

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Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Sowed seeds in a raised bed of 50/50 compost/sand on June 10, first (and ONLY) zucchini harvested July 30. I uprooted this plant August 22 because it was taking up so much room in my garden and was downright embarrassing! No one I've spoken with has ever had so much issue with a zucchini plant. To only get one zucchini in unheard of. The plant looked extremely healthy and had plenty of flowers. Yes, I probably could have hand pollinated, but didn't. The one perk I can list about Nimba squash is that the taste of the one fruit my plant produced was fantastic. If you have better luck with yield, this certainly would be a nice variety to have in the garden.
 




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