Sale

Squash, Yellow Crookneck

  • $5.00

Description

Cucurbita pepo

Dual purpose variety that is edible when young & decorative as it matures.
This dual-purpose variety is highly productive with a compact growth habit. Pick the tender young squashes for fresh eating, and when you’ve grown tired of that, let some fully ripen, where they will become delightfully warty and decorative for festive fall frivolity. Technically you can eat them in that later stage too as a winter squash, but they’re really not very tasty by that point…why bother when there are so many other tasty winter squashes out there?

Squashes are a part of the vast agricultural and culinary legacy of this continent, with indigenous seedkeepers in modern-day Mexico and Central America cultivating some types at least 10,000 years ago. Along with their sisters corn and beans, they spread throughout the western hemisphere through the loving care of Native Americans and by the time European colonizers arrived on the continent, many varieties of squash were being grown by farmers from the southwest to the northeast. We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the original stewards of the nutrient-packed, long-keeping, healthy-seed-spawning miracle that is a squash! 

Seeds grown by Rich Felton in Rawlins, Wyoming and B&B Farms in Kuna, Idaho.

20 seeds.

Directions: Direct seed after frost. Or start indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost and transplant after frost. Plant with nasturtiums to deter pests.

Planting Depth

Seed Spacing

Days to Germination

Days to Maturity

¾”

3’

7-14

53

Sale

Squash, Yellow Crookneck

  • $5.00

Description

Cucurbita pepo

Dual purpose variety that is edible when young & decorative as it matures.
This dual-purpose variety is highly productive with a compact growth habit. Pick the tender young squashes for fresh eating, and when you’ve grown tired of that, let some fully ripen, where they will become delightfully warty and decorative for festive fall frivolity. Technically you can eat them in that later stage too as a winter squash, but they’re really not very tasty by that point…why bother when there are so many other tasty winter squashes out there?

Squashes are a part of the vast agricultural and culinary legacy of this continent, with indigenous seedkeepers in modern-day Mexico and Central America cultivating some types at least 10,000 years ago. Along with their sisters corn and beans, they spread throughout the western hemisphere through the loving care of Native Americans and by the time European colonizers arrived on the continent, many varieties of squash were being grown by farmers from the southwest to the northeast. We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the original stewards of the nutrient-packed, long-keeping, healthy-seed-spawning miracle that is a squash! 

Seeds grown by Rich Felton in Rawlins, Wyoming and B&B Farms in Kuna, Idaho.

20 seeds.

Directions: Direct seed after frost. Or start indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost and transplant after frost. Plant with nasturtiums to deter pests.

Planting Depth

Seed Spacing

Days to Germination

Days to Maturity

¾”

3’

7-14

53