Matures in: 45 days

Description:
The standard variety for many years. Summer Crookneck has been improved to have a smoother, less warty skin and a more compact bush-type plant that is popular, easy to grow, and fast maturing. Many gardeners feel that this variety is more flavorful than the straight-neck types. Delicious baked, fried, steamed, boiled, or served raw. Squash freezes well.
SOWING:
Plant seed outdoors after all danger of frost is past or start indoors 4 to 6 weeks earlier. Make a group of 3 to 5 seeds placed in a ring about 2 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 the 3 to 4 strongest plants in each hill.
GERMINATION:
Germinates in 7 to 14 days depending on soil and temperature conditions.
REMARKS:
Plants will continue to produce tender, vitamin-rich fruit until frost if all fruit are picked before they mature. Fruits are best picked when harvested young at 5 to 6 inches long.