Heirloom / Open Pollinated Squash is a warm season crop, sensitive to frost and light freezes. Start Heirloom / Open Pollinated Summer Squash Seeds indoors 3-4 wks. before last frost date or direct seed outdoors after danger of frost. Plant Heirloom / Open Pollinated Summer Squash in full sun. To direct seed, plant 6-8 seeds 1" deep in 1' diameter hills, thinning to 3 or 4 plants at set of true leaves. Or plant Summer Squash seeds in rows 1" deep, 2' apart. Keep rows and hills 6' apart. Germination should occur in 5-10 days at 65-85°F. Keep soil just-damp during germination, or seeds may rot. In general Heirloom / Open Pollinated Summer Squash have the best flavor and tenderness when picked young.
We thank you for visiting our site, and hope you will be pleased with your purchase. We strive to bring you the highest quality heirloom and open-pollinated garden vegetable seeds, non-hybrid, non-genetically modified (non-GMO), and completely untreated with unhealthy chemicals. That is our pledge to you our valued customer, we will never knowingly buy or sell genetically modified (GMO) or hybrid seeds. We work very hard to ensure that you can have confidence knowing that the seeds your heirloom open-pollinated plants create will give you the same heirloom open-pollinated vegetable variety next season (when given proper isolation from cross-pollination of course!), and that they will be pure, healthy vegetable garden seeds! Happy Gardening!
