1. Baby Squash Dr. Dan Cantliffe UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department

2. Baby Squash 2-3 in long Edible blossoms Variety of color/shape –Yellow summer –Zucchini –Patty pan/Scallop –Middle Eastern/Cousa

5. Tying tips Tie at least every other day Tie loosely enough so the stems can expand Avoid trapping future fruits and buds when tying Plant spacing: 18-24 in apart

6. Good Tying

7. Bad Tying

10. Disease control We use a Nova- Quadris in rotation beginning a month after transplanting. We spray these two fungicides for a month. We also prune off diseased leaves

11. Zucchini-type yields per plant CultivarAvg. ft. wt. (g) Baby fruit no. Baby fruit wt. (g) Fancy fruit no. Fancy fruit wt. (g) Cull no. Bareket 30.1 c 16 c 409.3 d 4 d 204.4 d< 1 Eight Ball 36.5 b 20 bc 546.0 bc 7 c 436.5 c< 1 Gold Rush 24.3 d 21 ab 434.8 cd 4 d 156.3 d< 1 Goldy 26.4 cd 19 bc 420.1 d 5 d 187.7 d< 1 Raven 34.8 b 25 a 631.4 ab 11 b 592.2 b< 1 Revenue 45.4 a 22 ab 678.8 a 17 a 1026.6 a 3 Sebring 27.2 cd 17 c 379.0 d 5 cd 203.1 d< 1 LSD 3.8 4.1 119.9 2.3 112.5NS

12. Yellow-summer type yields per plant CultivarAvg. ft. wt. (g) Baby fruit no. Baby fruit wt. (g) Fancy fruit no. Fancy fruit wt. (g) Cull no. Seneca Supreme 26.8 b481015.2 a22870.0 1 b Sunray 27.6 b40 843.0 a16655.3 2 b Supersett 25.1 b43 850.4 a15592.5 4 b Yellow Crookneck 24.4 b42 819.9 ab14524.6 17 a Zephyr 31.4 a27 588.0 b14673.5 3 b LSD 3.5NS 247.1NS 8.7

13. Patty pan/scallop-type yields per plant CultivarAvg. ft. wt. (g) Baby fruit no. Baby fruit wt. (g) Fancy fruit no. Fancy fruit wt. (g) Cull no. Butter Scallop 26.1 b 51 b 960.7 26 a 1048.8 a< 2 Patty Green Tint 28.9 a 50 b 1050.0 26 a 1146.7 a< 2 Starship 25.2 b 51 b 1022.4 17 b 682.7 b< 1 Sunburst 22.1 c 67 a 1228.5 15 b 562.9 b< 3 LSD 1.9 8.7NS 7.1 223.6NS

14. Cousa-type yields per plant CultivarAvg. ft. wt. (g) Baby fruit no. Baby fruit wt. (g) Fancy fruit no. Fancy fruit wt. (g) Cull no. HA-187 37.7 34 a 1004.5 13 738.9< 1 Magda 41.3 27 b 838.4 17 983.1< 1 LSDNS4.3NS

15. Recommended cultivars Zucchini: Raven and Revenue (green) and Gold Rush, Goldy and Sebring (yellow) Patty pan/scallop: Butter Scallop, Patty Green Tint, Starship and Sunburst Yellow-summer: Seneca Supreme Cousa: HA-187 and Magda

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