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Summer Squash, Costata Romanesco
Summer Squash, Costata Romanesco
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At a glance
Cucurbita pepo
- Light Full sun
- Life cycle Annual
- Difficulty Easy
- Sowing depth 1"
- Method Indoors or direct
- Packet About 25 seeds
- Organic Certified organic by Québec Vrai
- When to sow Indoors, 4 weeks before last frostOutdoors, after last frost
About this variety
A great-tasting Italian heirloom with prominent ribs and a slightly speckled green. The nutty flavour can’t be beat. Typically, it is picked with flower still attached and can be fried and eaten whole, flower and all. Blossoms can also be picked separately as a delicacy or garnish.
+/- 25 Seeds
Certified organic by Quebec Vrai
Growing notes
Summer squash can be direct seeded on as soon as all chance of frost has passed. Or, if you want to be eating from the garden as soon as possible, seed one to two seeds per cell or pot indoors up to 4 weeks before transplanting (so no sooner than late April in the Outaouais). You can plant many successions of summer squash – the last one should be no later than three months before the first frost. Seed or transplant 2’ apart in rows 5-6’ apart. Cut any extra seedlings with scissors and be careful to handle the roots as little as possible when transplanting. Water thoroughly after transplanting.
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Shipping and Order Fulfillment
We ship throughout Canada: lettermail from $3.50 (free from $35), or tracked Canada Post Expedited Parcel, priced at checkout.
Or pick up your order at the farm in Farrellton, QC.
We're trialing and breeding new varieties!
This is the most challenging and thrilling part of our work.
The trialing allows us to test varieties of a same species side by side and determine which one(s) taste and perform the best.
Breeding and variety maintenance means selecting for traits that are desirable such as flavor, texture, disease resitance, earliness and hardiness, just to mention a few.
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