ZUCCHINI-COCOZELLA
ZUCCHINI-COCOZELLA
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Cucurbita pepo
ZUCCHINI-COCOZELLA is an Italian heirloom bush variety (Summer Squash) from around 1885, grows fast and prolific, creating a fine flavoured vegetable similar to the Italian Striped Zucchini with a dark green and pale green striped body. Its firm flesh and excellent flavour make it good for steaming, frying, baking and slicing in a salad. Pick when roughly 15cm long before the flower falls off. Plant in full or part sun and keep aerated to prevent mildew. Pick regularly to encourage more fruiting. Succession plant every two to four weeks for continual harvest but allow time to mature before the first frost.
Sow direct in well-drained, well-watered soil after last frost 21-35°C, or indoors 5 weeks before replanting. 20mm deep, 50 to 100cm apart. Germinates in 7 to 14 days matures around 40 to 60 days
Plant depth: 20mm
Plant spacing 100cm
Germination: 7 to 14 days
Maturity: 40 to 60 days
pH: 6-7.5 – Tender Annual
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Plant Height
45 - 60 cm (1.5 - 2 feet)
Season of Interest
Summer
Temperature Range
20 - 35 °C
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Frost tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Sow direct or start indoors
Soil
Fertile, well-drained soil
pH
6.0 - 7.0
Soil Temperature
21 - 29 °C (70 - 85 °F)
Seed Preparation
Direct sow after frost or start indoors
Sowing Depth
2 - 3 cm (1 inch)
Plant Spacing
60 cm (24 inches)
Row spacing
90 - 120 cm (36 - 48 inches)
Watering
Regular, keep soil moist
Germination Time (Days)
7 - 10 days
Harvest Time (Days)
50 - 55 days
Good Companion Plants
Beans, Radishes
Bad Companion Plants
Potatoes
Pests
Squash bugs, Aphids
Diseases
Powdery mildew, Bacterial wilt
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When I started this journey in 2009, I found nothing existed commercially, that was reasonably priced and easy to use. There was a homemade system which I also found was not that user-friendly.
Then a friend of mine told me about a homemade method she used. However, when I tried her method, I found this also didn’t suit my needs, as it too had flaws that I considered where important. It did not keep vermin out, did not have a lockable lid and (to me) looked unsightly in the garden
