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Growing Patty Pan Squash

Botanical name: Cucurbita pepo

Growing Patty Pan Squash Organic Gardening Fact Sheet

Seed

 

White Patty Pan Squash

Patty Pan Squash

Planting time: SU
Seeds per ounce: 300
Ounces per square foot: 0.002
Minimum legal germination rate: 75%
Germination type:

Short Germinating seeds

 

Notes
Patty Pan (Summer squash) is easy to grow and prolific producers. It is also know as Scallop Squash. Scallop Squash is a member of the cucurbit family of vegetables, which also includes Pumpkins and Cucumbers.

Scallop Squash are large, bushy plants. The fruit is harvested when they are immature and have soft skins. Their Fruit can be stored for 1 to 2 weeks.

Patty Pan is round and flattened like a plate with scalloped edges, white, yellow or green in color.

 

Planting

   
In garden spacing (inches): 15  
In flat spacing (inches): 2  
Planting depth (inches): 1
Maxiumum number of plants per square foot: .8
Nutrient relationship:: Heavy Feeder
   

Harvest

 

Days to maturity: 49
Harvesting period (days): 119
Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: .8
   
     

Cultural

Diseases: Alternaria Leaf Spot, Anthracnose, Bacterial Wilt, Blossom-End Rot, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Gummy Stem Blight, Powdery Mildew.
Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) Bean Aphid, Green Peach Aphid, Pickleworm, Spider Mites, Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Squash Bug, Squash Vine Borer, Striped Cucumber Beetle
   

Varieties

Early Green Tint Scallop , Early White Bush Scallop, White Bush Scallop, White Patty Pan, Yellow Bush Scallop

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