2026 GTS Crop Species Grow Reports: Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo)

Hi,

Didn’t see a topic for Pepo for this year, so I created one (I apologize if this is duplicate).

I planted a lot of the offspring of last year’s Zeus earlier as it didn’t seem like there would be a late frost. And, of course, a day after the official last day of frost, the temperature briefly dipped too low.

On many of the seedlings, the first true leaf was damaged or destroyed:

The smaller seedlings survived fine (warmer earth protected it better from colder wind as it was closer to the soil):

I marked these untouched seedlings so I can judge them separately from the frost-afflicted seedlings

Maarten

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