Zucchini Blackjack

Sow Spring to mid Summer – contains 10 seeds

The zucchini is actually one of the Summer squash (marrow) varieties which are now mostly bush types. For best results they should be picked every 2 or 3 days. This Hybrid variety is more productive and quicker to mature than other varieties.

Choose a site in an open warm and sunny position and prepare soil by digging compost and animal manure into a 1m square to form a hill or hills 1m apart. Sow 2 seeds to each hill.

Apply plenty of water during the growing season by trickle irrigation rather than over the foliage because overhead watering tends to onset powdery mildew particularly toward the end of the growing season.