Start to harvest in: 57 days
3-inch Bush Type Vine

Description:
This variety of summer squash is very popular, easy to grow, and fast maturing, producing a generous crop of delicious and delicately flavored fruits. Plants are compact bush type bearing handsome oblong dark green fruits.

SOWING:
Plant seed outdoors in late spring when the ground is warm and all danger of frost is past. Make a group of 3 to 5 seeds placed in a ring about 6 inches across; cover with 1/2 inch of fine soil, well pressed down. Each ring of seeds is called a "hill, and hills should be spaced 3 to 4 feet apart each way.

THINNING:
Thin when plants are 2 to 3 inches tall, leaving 2 or 3 of the strongest plants in each hill.

GERMINATION:
Germinates in 10 to 14 days depending on soil and temperature conditions.

REMARKS:
Plants continue to produce tender, vitamin-rich fruit until frost if all fruit are picked before they mature. Fruits are best picked when they are 6 to 8 inches long.