Squash Summer Straightneck Organic Seed
Cucurbita - pepo

Early Prolific Straightneck is an heirloom summer squash that was an All American Selection back in 1938. This tasty old favorite is fine-grained, thick, firm, and still very popular today. The squash can be harvested when "baby" vegetables or at a mature size of 4-7" long. They can be steamed, grilled, saute, eaten raw in salads, made into relish, or bread. Easy to grow in a sunny spot in the garden, they are also resistant to squash bug. Of course, you may have trouble choosing between the crookneck and straightneck varieties. If you have room, you can grow both. But if you do, be sure to harvest all of the fruit. Like zucchini, if summer squash are left on the vine too long, they may grow so big that they will affect the orbital spin of the earth! This packet plants: 4 hills or 11 plants after thinning.

When to plant outside: RECOMMENDED. Spring, 2-4 weeks after average last frost and when soil temperatures have risen above 60 degrees.

When to start inside: Not recommended. In very short season climates, 3-4 weeks before average last frost. Sow in individual peat pots for direct planting.