Early Summer Crookneck
Variety
Approved Data
created by Susanne L.1 at 13.01.2023
Seeds
Not Available
Propagating
Planting
Harvest
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Orange-yellow, club-shaped fruits with a curved neck. Their surface becomes increasingly warty with age, so it is best to harvest the fruits when they are small (15 cm long). Then they are very tender. The flesh is cream-colored and firm. When ripe, they make pretty decorations.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Zucchinis grow very quickly. However, apart from their high water and nutrient requirements, they are quite undemanding. A lack of water or nutrients and other stress factors lead to the increased formation of male flowers, which cannot form fruit. In order to form fruit, the female flowers must be fertilized. The first fruits should be harvested relatively small. In combination with regular harvesting, this will stimulate flower and therefore fruit formation. Cool and wet weather sometimes leads to poor fruit formation, which is due to a lack of pollination under these weather conditions. The plants are also susceptible to mildew under these conditions. In cooler weather, the plants prefer to produce male flowers.
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Very humid
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Seeding distance
80 cm
Row spacing
80 cm
Seeding depth
3 cm
Angular leaf spot of cucumber
Soft rot
Grey mold
Powdery mildews
Spider mites
Leaf-miner flies
White fly