Summer Squash ‘Delicata’ Seeds (Cucurbita pepo)

Summer Squash ‘Delicata’ is a delicious, tender-skinned squash with creamy yellow fruits striped with green. Ideal for garden beds, containers, and vegetable patches, it’s known for its sweet flavor and smooth texture. Easy to grow, fast-maturing, and productive, it’s perfect for fresh cooking, roasting, and baking.

What Makes It Special

• Sweet, tender flesh with creamy yellow and green-striped skin

• Fast-maturing and productive variety

• Easy to grow in garden beds, containers, or allotments

Key Features

• Botanical name: Cucurbita pepo

• Annual

• Height: Vining, 1.5–2 m spread

• Harvest: 80–100 days from sowing

Ideal For

• Vegetable gardens and allotments

• Containers and raised beds

• Fresh cooking, roasting, and baking

Sowing

• Sow indoors Mar–Apr or outdoors after last frost

• Cover seeds lightly with soil

• Germination: 7–14 days at 20–25°C

• Space plants 80–100 cm apart

• Harvest fruits when 15–20 cm long