Trombetta di Albinga Climbing Summer Squash Seeds

I planted this just for fun in a 20 gal container and trellised it. I got a number of nice fruit this way. The next year I planted it again in large containers but let it run along an area behind my garden in partial shade. This plant went crazy! Like strawberries, every 5 feet or so along the vine it sends down new roots so it is drawing water and nutrients from multiple sources. I Water the whole vine and fertilize with foliar sprays. It is near 100 every day and the leaves droop like crazy during the day, but bounce back every evening. My zucchini and yellow crooknecks long ago succumbed to heat and disease. This is a fun plant to grow and is productive if it has space to ramble along the ground. I am not a big fan of the taste of summer squash---I don't really find that it has much---but this has a tad more flavor if you let it get to it's tan stage.

I no longer waste time planting yellow summer squash. This squash does need a lot of room to spread, even if having fencing/trellises, but the squash are so very worth it. Two reasons these are the best: (1) the plants do not have troubles with squash bore beetles; and (2) the squash freezes so nicely when roasted - does not get that waterlogged issue like regular summer squash or zucchini. What a treat to defrost some of this roasted squash in the middle of the winter.

Came on time, will have to see how it produces. I am experimenting with straw bales and a trelles. We use a lot of squash, both for us and for our six award winning Aussies. Yes our dogs love it as a supplement in their food.

2016 was the first year I grew these. Most definitely am planting again in 2017. You need a fair amount of room - but so well worth it. Great flavor. They do not get waterlogged like yellow summer squash when cooked. Roasts wonderful. And what I roasted and froze came out of the freezer almost as good as when fresh roasted. No squash bores - though I always plant dill seeds by my squash and this helps. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!!

2014 will be the 5th year I have opted for Trombetta squash rather than traditional zuchinnis. In my garden they are hugely productive, the vines are beautiful and the squash is unbelievably delicious. I put mine on one of those inexpensive wedding arches as an entrance to my front yard garden.