Squash Seeds (Summer) - Black Beauty

BOTANICAL NAME

Cucurbita pepo

LIFE CYCLE

• Annual

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

DAYS TO MATURITY

• 60 days

GROWTH HABIT

• Bush

1957 All-America Selection. It's difficult to imagine a more delicious or attractive zucchini squash than the Black Beauty. A very popular variety of summer squash introduced in the 1920s, its very dark-green to almost black smooth skin covers tasty and delicate white flesh. Black Beauty Zucchini can be enjoyed either frozen or fresh from the garden, in stir-fries, baked, boiled or raw.

• • Bush Variety; Very Dark-Green, Almost Black Smooth Skin
• • Delicious & Delicately Flavored White Flesh; Vigorous Producer
• • Highly Popular Variety; Prefers Full Sun Exposure

PLANTING SEASON

• Warm Season

SOWING METHOD

• Direct Sow
• Start Indoors

PLANTING DEPTH

• 1/2 to 1 inch

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 18 to 24 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• N/A - Annual