Instructions:

• Transplant or direct sow
• When soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit – usually three weeks after last frost
• Seed 8 inches apart and thin to 3 feet apart
• Plant seedlings 3 feet apart
• Planting in hills is another method
• Hill soil and plant 4-6 seeds on the hill
• This is helpful in colder Northern climates
• Plant hills four feet apart

Insect Pests:

• Aphids, Green Peach and Melon
• Cucumber Beetle
• Cutworms
• Slugs
• Squash Beetle
• Squash Bug

Diseases:

• Anthracnose, Alternaria, and Black Rot
• Downy Mildew
• Phytophthora Blight and Fruit Rot
• Plectosporium Blight
• Powdery Mildew

Harvest:

• Slick Pik and Dunja (Zucchini)
• July and August or throughout the summer is altered plantings are utilized
• Pick when they are 4 to 6 inches long, the skin is still tender, and the seeds have not fully formed
• Pick squash that have unblemished skin
• They should have a heavy feel, if they are light they may be soft and dehydrated inside
• About 60 days after planting

Post-Harvest:

• Can be damaged from 3 to 4 days of exposure to temperatures between 32 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit and a 90% or higher relative humidity
• Store at 45 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit and 90% relative humidity, for up to 2 weeks
• Market as soon as possible