Squash - Summer - Early Prolific Straightneck - Org Hrlm

Early Prolific Straightneck Organic Heirloom Summer Squash is lemon yellow like crookneck, except straight. It is best eaten, and has the best flavor and tenderness, when it is 4 - 7" long. This squash has smooth, yellow fruits on bushy vines. It is an abundant producer of high quality fruits with firm, fine grained flesh. Squash requires nitrogen-rich, loamy soil and partially rotted manure as a compost aid in growth. Compost heats soil providing good germination. Sow directly 1 inch deep, 3-4 seeds per foot in rows 4-5 feet apart. Hills should be 3-4 feet apart with 5-6 seeds per hill, and later thin to 3 plants. All summer squashes are best harvested when young. AAS 1938. . ... details