Sunburst Scallop Summer Squash (F1 Hybrid 50 Days)

Excellent germination. Vibrant and delicious!

Tasty, prolific, and versatile.

First, be prepared. This variety is gigantic. A single plant can easily take up a 3' x 3' area, or more. The squash are delicious and flavorful. My favorite variety to eat. Also pretty easy to grow. They tend to pollinate better if you grow to plants. Frankly, I find it difficult to end up with the right amount of squash. Things are a little slow this year, but these plants are generally crazy prolific. And even if you let the squash grow to fist size or larger to make stuffed squash, they generally don't get bitter. Small, they're even more delightfully tender. In past years I found them to be somewhat prone to powdery mildew. But I found it planting them where they get a little more air circulation helps with that.

Wow

These were huge, very vigorous plants. They are bush types, but each plant sent 3-4 stems in different directions. Many, many little squashes that were delicious even if picked a little large. We ate them up to 7 inches or so and they were great. Most we picked at 5 inches. The only problem is the plants petered out in mid-August. Plant a second crop in July.