Comments on: Sunburst Pattypan Squash

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:15:10 +0000

Hi Trista, it could be an issue with poor pollination or extremely hot weather when the plants are trying to set their fruits.

By: Trista

Trista — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:02:57 +0000

Hi,

I grew a whole bunch of these this year and i am getting tons of flowers but no fruit – do you know why this may be?? last year we had a bad growing season and the first year i had so many.

Thanks

By: John Boggs

John Boggs — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:19:46 +0000

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By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:53:10 +0000

LaurieLou, it sounds like the various squash varieties that you planted last summer all cross pollinated with each other and left you with a crop of mystery squash. You wouldn’t have noticed anything strange from the squash fruits last season, but the seeds from those cross pollinated fruits are growing into the mutants and misfits that you see in your garden this year.

By: LaurieLou Morris

LaurieLou Morris — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:26:14 +0000

Hello – I came across this thread while looking for answers to a “Patty Pan Squash” hybrid or ‘mutant’ that I have growing in my garden this year. I hope you don’t mind me asking this question here… Last year I grew a variety of summer squash – zucchini, yellow and patty pan. This year I had some “volunteers” from last year’s discarded seeds.

One plant is producing Patty Pan-type squash. The leaves and plant shape is identical to this year’s seed-planted Patty Pan squash, and the skin is light green and smooth, but the squash are oblong in shape… looks more like a gourd than a squash. Any idea how this could happen? Thanks!

By: Vicki Goodwine

Vicki Goodwine — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:41:20 +0000

I grew Sunburst squash for the first time this year. Mine is bright yellow on top and green on the bottom. When they started out, they looked like tiny pie crust tops with the wavy edges. They are a medium dark green on the bottom. They are very good to eat, right out of the garden cut into slices or cut into thicker slices and placed on the grill for a short time. I was pleasantly surpised. The blossoms are good to eat right off of the plant.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:37:11 +0000

Laurie, the squash probably are cross pollinating if they are growing together but that wouldn’t explain the fruits that you are seeing. The outward effect of the cross pollination on the fruits doesn’t usually show up until the next generation after the seeds are replanted. Were your seeds purchased form a seed supplier or did you or someone else save them from plants that may have crossed last summer?

By: Laurie

Laurie — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:22:18 +0000

I have a patty pan squash that seems to have cross pollinated with my zucchini. It was suppose to be a white patty pan but it is yellow with green (just like the zucchini) on them. Is it possible that they are actually cross pollinating? Laurie