Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Days to harvest: 50

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 2 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Flowers
Eating Methods: Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Other Beneficial Insects
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Summer Squash-Crookneck

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Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2020-09-02
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2017-07-07
a little pollinator and a steamy lens
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 7-3-2012
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Oregon City, OR
Date: 2015-07-23

Courtesy Annie's Heirloom Seeds
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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2014-06-11
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2017-06-25
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2017-06-25
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Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Sep 3, 2020 8:54 AM concerning plant:
    The summer crookneck is a real antique. It was grown by native tribes before Jamestown. It vies with the White Bush Scallop for antiquity. Both were used as immature fruits as food and mature fruits were dried and used as rattles. It is heavily warted, but one of the best flavored crooknecks I have eaten. Modern derivatives are smooth, but some of the flavor seems to have gone with the warts.
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