Heirloom variety from 1920s: Offers historical provenance and unique flavor profile
Classic black green fruit: Produces firm, flavorful zucchini perfect for raw eating or cooking
High productivity: Yields abundant harvests throughout the growing season
Versatile harvest timing: Suitable for fresh picking young or mature for gourmet use
Easy transplanting: Sows well in biodegradable peat pots to reduce root damage
Summarized by Shop
The Black Beauty Zucchini is an old heirloom zucchini from the 1920s. The classic, black-green fruit is very productive with a firm flavorful interior, very tasty raw, picked right from the plant. Harvest under 6-8 “ for the best quality or pick extremely young for gourmet baby zucchini.
20 seeds
PLANTING Cucurbita pepo Germination:
Plant species
Cucurbita pepo
Germination time
4-10 days
Optimum soil temperature
70-85°F
Sowing depth
1/2 to 1 inch
Transplant spacing
36-48 inches apart
Seed count
20 seeds per pack
Summarized by Shop
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Pinetree is the best.
Throughout my gardening experience I have dabbled seriously as well as flippantly with vegetable and flower seed germination and growth. Part of my issue is location as I start off in the mid-atlantic and spend most of the actual growing season on the MA coast, and so my focus on gardening is usually squeezed in a space that operates as once the seeds are sown all else is up to karma…until the sun is out more and the soil warms up post Memorial Day…a short season on the Cape. HOWEVER, the one constant is PINETREE seeds. Always quality product and reasonably priced. I rely on Pinetree to actually get a growing season off the ground and likely on to my table.
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Stephanie · March 3, 2024
Awesome!
I have grown black beauty for several years and really enjoy them. Nice fruit and lots of them. Not too picky about location either.
I have been a customer for the past 20 years and love your collection of heirloom /open-pollinated and organic seed. I am always for the lookout to try something new and LOVE that all your seed are adapted to Maine gardens.
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Gertraud · February 27, 2024
Black Beauty Zucchini
Always enjoyed shopping at Pinetree......never an issue with germination and always the highest quality seed........Pinetree carries a large assortment of Heirloom seed and that is important to me.......still to early in my location to start my Black Beauty Zucchini, but have had great success growing Heirloom plants from Pinetree