You can come to my town anytime. I have two big freezers and 3 hungry people and lots of friends.

Is Sunny SuperSett a yellow crooknet or a yellow zucchini?

Dean

I hope you're prepared for the onslaught of squash pests! If you plant them, they will come....

I planted only two squash this year, a Caserta hybrid zucchini, and a patty-pan hybrid.

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Pretty impressive, I think! The big one's the Caserta, while the patty pan is small and to the left of it. I wasn't terribly smart about where I put the Caserta (right next to the patty pan), but I suppose I'll know better next year.

I went out this morning and picked nine 6-7 inch Casertas, some of which I think had not pollinated well, and I saw one cuke beetle and one squash bug on the plant. I planted the patty pan a month after the Caserta, since I plan to use the Caserta zucchini as a trap crop for cuke beetles that might otherwise damage the patty pan.

I was able to kill both insects, but that was only one apiece. I'm not worried about the cuke beetles, think I have a surefire way to keep them controlled, but I'm not confident about the squash bugs at all. I hate those buggers.

If you'd like some Caserta squash seeds to plant some distance away from your trials, just email me. I can send you enough to keep the cuke beetles busy, since they apparently really prefer the Casertas to most other squash and cucurbits. Can't help with the SVB or the squash bugs though.