
Climbing vine that produces long pale green zucchini-like fruit with a bulbous end. Fruit is used like a zucchini and has a comparable flavour and tender texture and is best when picked at around 25cm long. Fruits can also be left to mature and will and harden and can be used like a pumpkin. Good disease resistance. Plants do best when grown on a trellis or other medium but can also be grown on the ground. High yielding. Also known as Zucchini Tromboncino, Serpentine Squash, Climbing Crookneck and Zucca Trombetta.
| Method: | Sow direct |
| Sowing Depth: | 20mm |
| When: | Spring or after frost |
| Row Spacing: | 100cm |
| Position: | Part or full sun, moist soil |
| Plant Spacing: | 80cm |
| Hardiness: | Frost tender |
| Plant Height: | |
| Days to Maturity/flowering: | 70 days for immature tender zucchini like fruit, 100 days for fully mature pumpkin like fruit |
| Care: | Harvest fruit at 25cm long to use like a zucchini or when vine dries out to use like a pumpkin. Is most productive when grown on a trellis (this also helps to achieve straighter fruit which is easier to handle in the kitchen). |
| SKU | E4-02 |
| Seeds per gram: | 10 seeds |