Zucchini, San Pasquale (Organic)
Cucurbita pepo. Dark Green, Light Green Stripes. 55 days.
A richly flavored and productive zucchini from Southern Italy that easily beats watery hybrid zucchini. San Pasquale fruits are dark green with light green stripes and slight ridges. Produces a lot of male flowers which are great for stuffing or frying and the female flowers hold well enough to pick small fruit with flowers still attached. Good choice for the garden as San Pasquale zucchini is productive but not overwhelmingly all at once – you get a ton of squash to eat and share with the neighbors but not so many that you have to secretly leave them on their doorstep. Yield is consistent all season long. Similar to Zucchino Striato di Napoli. Original seed sourced from the Italian seed producer Emanuele Larosa Sementi.
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Sow indoors in 2-4” pots May through mid-June. Transplant into the garden 1-2 weeks after sprouting to 2-3’ centers and 3’ wide rows. May also be direct sown when soil is warm. Young plants are sensitive, we recommend row cover to protect from frost and insects.
Seed Saving
To save seed, let fruit mature on plant until autumn when they’re giant. Harvest and scoop out seeds. Rinse off and dry. Isolate from other squash of the same species by at least ½ mile.
Char Wilson (verified owner) –
Where did you grow this variety? Southeastern US
I planted 4 seeds in a pot on Monday evening 6/12/23) and on Thursday morning (6/15/23) I went to water them and a critter had dug up the soil and a seed was visible and had already sent out a root. I checked and the others had as well. I “replanted” them and on Saturday (6/17/23) 2 of them had pushed through the soil and each had 2 robust leaves. I am amazed and very pleased. I am looking forward to getting both blossoms to make battered cheese filled fried squash blossoms and the zucchini itself. I live in Sarasota, FL. This company has magnificent seeds, I will definitely order from them again and I am telling all of my friends.
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