Baby SquashBaby SquashDr. Dan Cantliffe

UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department

Baby SquashBaby Squash

• 2-3 in long

• Edible blossoms

• Variety of color/shape– Yellow summer– Zucchini– Patty pan/Scallop– Middle Eastern/Cousa

Tying tipsTying 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

Good Tying

Bad Tying

Disease controlDisease 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

Zucchini-type yields per plantZucchini-type yields per plant

Cultivar Avg. 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 2.3 112.5 NS

Yellow-summer type yields per plantYellow-summer type yields per plantCultivar Avg. ft.

wt. (g) Baby fruit

no.Baby fruit

wt. (g)Fancy

fruit no.Fancy fruit

wt. (g)Cull no.

Seneca Supreme

26.8 b 48 1015.2 a 22 870.0 1 b

Sunray 27.6 b 40 843.0 a 16 655.3 2 b

Supersett 25.1 b 43 850.4 a 15 592.5 4 b

Yellow Crookneck

24.4 b 42 819.9 ab 14 524.6 17 a

Zephyr 31.4 a 27 588.0 b 14 673.5 3 b

LSD 3.5 NS 247.1 NS NS 8.7

Patty pan/scallop-type yields per plantPatty pan/scallop-type yields per plant

Cultivar Avg. 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 8.7 NS 7.1 223.6 NS

Cousa-type yields per plantCousa-type yields per plant

Cultivar Avg. 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

LSD NS 4.3 NS NS NS NS

Recommended cultivarsRecommended 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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