EXCLUSIVE - Renee's mixed seed packet offers an easy way to grow a delicious trio of different colored pattypan squashes. Buttercup-yellow fluted “Sunburst” is tender and nutty tasting simply steamed or poached in broth. Dark green, glossy little “Starship” has zucchini color and flavor in a unique flying saucer shape. Pretty apple-green “Peter Pan” scallops are creamy and sweet fleshed – a treat to sauté or slice and grill.

 Seeds are color coded with USDA food grade stain to distinguish varieties. Be sure to plant some of each for colorful harvests!

Pink seed = yellow Sunburst F-1
Undyed seed = apple green Peter Pan F-1 
Green seed = dark green Starship F-1

Product Weight: 2 grams / Approximately 20-25 seeds

Plant Type: Vegetable

Flavor: Sweet, nutty

Days to Harvest: 50 days

Days to Seed Germination: 7-10 days

Seed Planting Depth: 2.5 cm (1")

Seed Spacing: 2-3 seeds every 1.5 feet

Row Spacing: 60 cm (24")

Plant Spacing: 2-3 seeds every 1.5 feet

Planting Instructions:  Squash needs full sun, rich fertile soil and warm temperatures. Plant only when spring weather is warm and settled and night temperatures stay above 50°F (10°C). Sow groups of 2 to 3 seeds 1 inch deep and 1 1/2 feet apart in rows 2 feet apart. When several inches long, thin to 1 strong seedling per group. Or, plant in slightly mounded hills, 2 feet in diameter and 2 feet apart. Sow 5 to 6 seeds 1 inch deep and 4 inches apart in each hill. When seedlings are several inches long, thin hill-planted seedlings to the 2 strongest plants so they have ample room to grow.

Harvest scallops when no more than 2 to 3 inches across for best flavor and tenderness. Frequent harvesting keeps plants producing tasty new squashes instead of maturing large, tough and pithy ones.