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Yellow zucchini can become a real decoration of every garden. Its fruits with a shade from light yellow to orange not only look bright and original, but also have an excellent taste. The shape and size of different varieties also differ and sometimes surprise experienced gardeners. Growing yellow zucchini is no more difficult than green counterparts. Due to their appearance and taste, as well as unpretentious care, these vegetables are becoming increasingly popular.
For fresh consumption
There are a number of yellow zucchini that have an excellent taste: their flesh is crispy, juicy, sweetish. Due to such taste qualities, the fruits of these varieties are recommended to be consumed raw, which makes them the most beneficial for the human body. The most popular varieties of yellow squash that are excellent for raw consumption are listed below.
Gold Rush F1
One of the most famous yellow squash. It has an amazing taste of pulp: it is very tender, sweet, juicy. The size of the zucchini is small: length up to 320 cm, weight up to 200 g. The yield of the variety is quite high – up to 12 kg / m2. This allows not only to eat raw vegetables, but also to preserve them for the winter.
The plant is grown mainly in open areas. Seeds are sown in May, with a frequency of not more than 3 pcs / m2. The fruits of this Dutch hybrid are shown in the photo below.
Goldline F1
Czech hybrid, early maturity. From the moment of sowing the seed to fruiting, a little more than 40 days pass. The juicy, sweet flesh of this zucchini is great for eating raw.
Smooth fruits of golden yellow color do not exceed 30 cm in length. The yield of zucchini reaches 15 kg / m2. Seeds are planted in open areas in May.
Sunlight F1
This hybrid is a representative of the French selection. The fruits of zucchini are small (up to 18 cm long, weighing up to 200 g). The surface of the marrow is smooth, cylindrical, golden yellow. It is recommended to sow the seeds of this variety in May in open areas. The fruit ripening period is 40-45 days.
The plant is very compact and can be planted at the rate of 4-6 bushes per 1 m2 soil. The yield of the variety reaches 12 kg / m2.
Raw zucchini is easy to digest, low in calories and is part of many diet meals. The microelement composition of yellow zucchini is characterized by a high content of carotene, potassium, magnesium, vitamins PP, C, B2, B6. Such benefits of vegetables, combined with excellent taste, make the above varieties especially valuable.
High-yielding varieties
Zucchini is an excellent vegetable for preservation. Due to its neutral taste, not only pickles, but also jams and compotes are prepared from it. For winter harvesting, it is best to grow high-yielding varieties that will allow you to get enough vegetables on a small plot of soil. The most productive among yellow zucchini are:
yellow-fruited
Early maturing variety, the fruits of which ripen 45-50 days after sowing the seed. Grown outdoors, resistant to a number of diseases. With timely watering, top dressing and loosening, the yield of the variety can reach 20 kg / m2.
The plant is compact with few leaves. Its seeds are sown in May-June. 1 m2 soil it is recommended to place no more than 3 zucchini.
The fruits of this variety are bright yellow, cylindrical in shape. The surface of the zucchini is slightly ribbed, smooth. The pulp is dense, cream color. The average weight of one zucchini reaches 900 g.
Anchor
An early ripe variety, for the ripening of fruits of which it takes no more than 50 days from the date of sowing seeds in open ground. The culture is resistant to cold and drought, which allows you to get a crop of up to 15 kg / m2 regardless of weather conditions. Sowing seeds is recommended to be carried out in May, harvesting lasts in this case until September.
The bush of this variety is compact, slightly branching. Recommended sowing frequency 4 plants per 1 m2.
Yellow zucchini of this variety are large, cylindrical, weighing more than 900 g. Their surface is smooth, the peel is thin. A distinctive feature of the variety is the increased content of dry matter in the pulp. A photo of this zucchini can be seen below.
size
This variety is truly “Hercules” among all other zucchini. Its dimensions surprise even experienced gardeners and farmers: the length of the zucchini reaches 1 meter, weight up to 30 kg. With such fruit sizes, it is even difficult to imagine what the yield of the plant as a whole can be. It takes about 100 days after sowing the seed to ripen its fruits.
Orange zucchini variety ” size” require special growing conditions: at the end of April, the seeds are planted for seedlings. The plant is planted on the onset of stable warm weather, without the threat of night frosts. Zucchini needs regular watering and fertilizing.
Zucchini has a pink-orange pulp, tender, without the content of coarse fibers. Used for cooking and canning.
The above high-yielding varieties do not have high palatability, however, the volume of fruits allows not only preparing seasonal dishes from this vegetable, but also preparing it for the winter in sufficient quantities.
Unusual yellow zucchini
Yellow zucchini can impress not only with its unique, excellent taste or crop size, but also with the original shape of the fruit. You will surely surprise your neighbors with zucchini of the following varieties:
pear-shaped
An early ripe variety, the fruits of which look like a large pear. The uniqueness of such zucchini is that the seeds are concentrated in the lower part of the fruit, and most of the pulp does not contain them at all.
Zucchini yellow, up to 23 cm long, weighing up to 1,3 kg. Its peel is very thin, not coarse. The pulp has an exceptional aroma, juicy, dense, orange in color.
The crop is grown in open ground. It takes a little over 50 days for the fruit to ripen. You can evaluate the external qualities of the zucchini by viewing the photo below.
Banana
Who said bananas don’t grow in mid-latitudes? They are perfectly adapted to our latitudes, given that “Banana” is a variety of zucchini.
Before the onset of biological maturity, the fruits of this variety do not contain a seed chamber, which can be seen in the photo below. Young zucchini are very juicy, crispy, sweet, with a specific aroma and taste.
The lashes of this plant can reach 3-4 meters, so the frequency of crops should not exceed 1 bush per 1 m.2 soil. Vegetable up to 70 cm long, ripens 80 days after sowing the seed. However, as a rule, it is consumed before full ripening. A feature of the variety is excellent keeping quality, which allows you to store zucchini for a long time without processing.
Spaghetti
Zucchini of this variety is not so much surprising in appearance as in internal filling: their flesh looks like spaghetti, which allows chefs to show their culinary imagination in the preparation of some dishes. You can see an example of such a unique fruit in the photo below.
Externally, the fruit has a smooth, cylindrical shape, painted yellow. The length of the zucchini reaches 30 cm, weight is about 1,5 kg. The disadvantage of the variety is a rough, hard peel.
The plant is bushy with long lashes. For the ripening of the fruits of this variety, more than 110 days are required from the day of sowing the seed. The fruiting period is quite long until September. The crop is grown mainly in open ground.
An analogue of this variety are yellow zucchini varieties “Spaghetti Raviolo”. Their flesh also has a unique look.
Orange
Another “fruit” in the garden can be a hybrid of Orange F1. This name, first of all, demonstrates the external quality of the zucchini: yellow round, up to 15 cm in diameter. The variety is early. Its fruits ripen 40 days after sowing the seed. Productivity reaches 6 kg/m2. The unique sweetish taste, juiciness of the pulp, allows you to consume the vegetable in a fresh, unprocessed form.
You can learn more about growing this variety in the video:
Pineapple
A variety of yellow zucchini that allows you to prepare a vegetable in such a way that its taste and external qualities will resemble canned pineapples. Its flesh is dense, juicy, crispy, with a sweetish aftertaste. Zucchini ripen 40-45 days after sowing the seed.
The plant is bushy, without lashes. It is sown at the rate of 3 bushes per 1 m2 soil. The yield of the variety reaches 10 kg / m2.
Conclusion
Yellow zucchini are widespread in our gardens. In addition to the well-known and unique varieties listed above, there are other varieties, for example, Atena Polka F1, Pinocchio, Zolotinka, Yellow Stars, Golden and others. They do not have any special original differences in shape or taste, but are perfectly adapted to growth in middle climatic latitudes and are capable of producing quite a decent harvest.
For information on how to properly grow a rich crop of tasty, healthy yellow zucchini, you can watch the recommendations given in the video:
