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Cucurbita moschata 'Tromba d'Albenga'

This is my favorite squash. I am in Austin, Texas and grow yellow crook neck, zuchinnis,white patti pan (scalloped) squash. The trombeta climb, creep and grow like crazy, producing two to three foot long yummy squash. My neighbor, who doesn't even like squash, loves them.
The only disease problem that I have had with them is the evil squash bore. I saved the plants by injecting BT with a syringe at the infection site. It is a fairly tedious but effective technique.

Excellent plant that has done extremely well for me despite our heat and drought. I built a trellis for it and it has taken it over. It is currently growing 3 foot plus fruits that just love to hang from the vine.

Here is my trellis:

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And, here is the plant (although it is much bigger now):

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And, here is our latest harvest ...

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I had three plants in my garden in the spring, but we had a very bad hailstorm (baseball size) and the plants were beaten up all the way to the ground. Later the plants came back from the roots and have grown across my garden bed at least l2 feet. I have frozen them, shared them with my friends and neighbors and at this date, Oct. 21, we are still picking zucchinis. They are wonderful! ( I started my plants in the greenhouse and transplanted them. The reason I only had three plants was because a little mouse got in the greenhouse and ate the others.)

The seed took a long time to sprout, and by the time they started to grow heat hit. The plant failed to produce.

Grew this last year in Uk no real problems but frst few fruits rotted after reaching 6 inches. Later fruits developed very well reaching 2 foot even in poor soil an britsh summer. The seeds being concentrated at the swollen end makes preparatioin in kitchen easier than traditional butternut. stored fruit lasted until jan.

My absolute favorite squash! Beautiful twisty fruits. I looked for ages to find seeds (eventually getting them at White Flower Farm) and I grew them three years in a row. I am currently out of seeds and unable to find a new source (as W.F.F apparently doesn't carry them) :((
I loved them when I had them though :))

Very easy to grow squash (Like all cucurbits, it's prone to powdery mildew) with a good harvest and easy to use fruits... not much taste themselves but they soak up flavor wonderfully.

Prolific and good to eat at any stage. Easiest courgette I have ever grown. 2005 some plants climbing and some trailing some trying to do both!

Best grown on a trellis. I grew mine on a chain link fence but it seems to prefer to trail rather than climb.

"The light green-to-tan fruit can grow up to 3 feet long and may be harvested anytime, from just a few inches through its full size."

Available at Territorial Seeds.

This squash is very easy to grow..give it sun and a strong support to climb on. Regular squash blossoms appear on slim stalks. As the veg gets longer, the stem gets shorter and thicker. 36 inches long is not unusual, the longest was about 46". They keep thru the year, really a kick for kids to grow.
I have had a difficult time finding the seeds locally.

I love this squash. My gardens are fairly new and I have had a lot of trouble growing squash but this one grew like crazy! It ran around my little garden, up a roap trellis to the grape arbor and over it! The only problem I did see was that when we got too much rain the baby zucchinis would rot. I just picked a 35 1/2 inch one(see picture)!
Becky

I have grown this zucchini for a number of years in J'ville, NC, and it is my family's favorite.It needs alot of space to run or train it on a very strong trellis. It will root at the nodes and put out more runners and go on forever as long as the weather holds. Some problems with worms/ borers late in the season. The flavor is delicious, the combination with the crookneck and some vidalias can't be beat !

What a fun plant/veggie to grow! The vines easily attach themselves to trellis, fence, or tall stakes. The fruit is delicious no matter when it is picked, either early and small or let them mature.
The neck is all firm flesh, no seeds. The seeds are all in the bulbous end.